We’re deep into the school year now. So, how’s it going? I’ll never forget that first morning of kindergarten, when my petite five-year-old daughter had excitedly raced into her... Read more >>

To me, one of the great mysteries of the universe is how men can disassociate themselves from their children after a divorce. Is it guilt because they aren’t there for the day to day routine of... Read more >>

As a parenting consultant, I field a lot of phone calls and emails from parents who have done their healing work and are ready to try dating again. They all want to know one... Read more >>

He was tall. He was dark. He was handsome. He was always gentle and kind with me. I had no doubt that he loved me as deeply as I loved him. He was much older than I was and in spite of this, my mom... Read more >>

A mother with joint custody emailed me (I’m a parenting consultant) with this question: My kids complain about being interrogated by their dad when they are with him. I want to know... Read more >>

It should have been the perfect date for Ryan and me—a late summer hike through majestic Silver Falls State Park, the largest in Oregon. The scene around us was out of a nature film: a thick... Read more >>

Parental Alienation is also referred to as Hostile Aggressive Parenting and it is a form of legal child abuse. It occurs when one parent undertakes a deliberate campaign to turn the child against the... Read more >>

I was seven when you left Confused at what you said So young to understand Why Mom had to cry like that Big sister would not let go Wanting to go with you Running in her young mind She might... Read more >>

Okay, so now I’ve been divorced from my first husband for about six and a half years. I came to realize that we just weren’t compatible enough to make it work. Yeah, it was hard in the... Read more >>

Dear Dr. Romance: I am a divorced father of three. I am remarried. My eleven-year-old daughter is very upset about her mother’s new boyfriend, who is also still married. He was first introduced... Read more >>