When Dad is a no show

What do you do when Dad doesn’t call or show up for parenting time?
Thanks, Wonder Mom, for calling our attention to a dilemma that many single moms share.
Wonder Mom is right: her situation is very common. Here’s how it usually plays out:
“My ex has a generous parenting time schedule. The trouble is, he can be [...]

When wedding bells (not yours!) are ringing

CoastalGal99 wrote us recently with some unsettling news:
“My eight-year-old daughter came home from her dad’s this weekend and announced, ‘Daddy is getting married!’
I didn’t even know that he had a girlfriend! My daughter explained that she was introduced to ‘Daddy’s new wife.’
But she asked me if she should call her ‘Mommy,’ too.
Later that night, [...]