We now have more than 50 studies of joint physical custody. Using different methods, and examining families in the United States and abroad, the results are encouraging: children who spend at least 35 percent time with each parent, rather than live with one and visit the other, have better relationships with their fathers and mothers…
Read moreTaco Thursday #cookingwithmykids
Focus. Concentration. Cooking with my kids is one of the many things I love to do when I have them. Preparing dinner together, then enjoying the amazing food we make together. Yesterday was taco Thursday. My son made the guacamole and my daughter made the chicken to put into the tacos. Its great to see…
Read moreThe Daily Grind – #fatherhood #rest #priorities
Fourteen years as a father has taught me a lot about life. It has opened my eyes to human nature, the way different people think. It has also helped me see myself in a different light. I realize that I can push myself to do things that I don’t necessarily want to do. Ever…
Read moreHow Do You Spell Dad? L-O-V-E
Waking up at the crack of dawn sucks. It just does. Well, it does for me. I’ve never been a morning person. I never will be. I like to get up at about 9 or 10AM. Well, that’s just not the life I’ve chosen to live. You see, I get up so early for a…
Read moreFather Knows Best? Maybe, Mother Knows Best…Or Both
Raising children is fascinating. I can think of only one thing that I would change from the way my parents did with my upbringing. Just one. My father temporarily guided me away from my first love. Music. I have been playing drums ever since I was a little kid. I started out banging on my…
Read moreWho Looks Up To You?
Paying child support for another man’s child
Davenport man is protesting a state law that requires him to financially support a child that’s not his. Joe Vandusen received a letter this month from the Iowa Department of Human Services notifying him that he would have to pay child support for his estranged wife’s child, even though he is not the father,…
Read moreMy Nana
I took my kids to South Carolina to see my grandmother in 2011, 2013 and 2015. Three great road trips. We had a great time on our road trips and I’m glad we took a week out of each summer to see friends and family along the way. It was important that they got to…
Read moreMentoring
Mentoring- I should have done this a long time ago. I’m really enjoying the conversations I’m having with the kids who I spend time with every other week. I was turned on to the idea of being a mentor through an old college friend. He has been doing it for years and he is totally…
Read moreBonding
When I walk down the street with my daughter from time to time, she does something that I find very interesting. Instead of holding my hand like she used to as a little girl, she grabs the inside of my forearm as if I am walking her down the aisle in a wedding ceremony. Some people have…
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