parenting

My Truth – Mama, oh Mama  

Parenting is hard. There’s no play book or guide. When you’re in school there are so many things that you can’t be taught and so you spend a significant portion of your life in a trial-and-error mode. Fortunately for me, my mother lived long enough for me to “get it,” to have an understanding of many of the “whys” we lived through and that I questioned. 

Success On “The Way” Ask Dr. Jeanette: Single Dads Got It Right Too!

SURPRISE! You’re the best single dad! Some single dads rejoice. Others reject responsibility, justify neglect; leave their first family without resources and take on a new family. Sometimes telling the children “I’ve got a new family now.”  How devastating! This article is dedicated to those great single dads who accept their responsibility now… having thought about the effect on their children of their absence away… accept responsibility.