The road to whole parenting after divorce: self-examination, co-parenting, blameless problem solving Magazine. As if, parenting weren’t hard enough.
I have been a single-parent for eight years now, and I am finally getting the hang of it. There are plenty more bumps in the road, but I’m at peace with the life-changing event, and the now-I-can-see-this-is-better reflection of those past three years. My goal is to uncover the WINS and work to remove the MISSES and share those stories so that others who follow this difficult journey will have som
e illumination, from a previous sojourner. My hope is to write the dad side of this story and gather contributing single-mom writers to tell the other half. My mantra will always be: lead with love and you will be heading in the right direction. In the 90′s I was the Creative Director and Contributing Editor of MAN! That’s where I learned to open my heart to the bursting point and work to stretch even further. Being great parents is a stretch goal for all of us. In these pages I will bring a hopeful light to bear on hard subjects, and together we (you, me, and my family) will find loving solutions to the new wrinkle of single-parenting. I wish you peace and strength. John McElhenney
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If you've got a great co-parenting or single-parenting WIN story send it to me. I'll use the best ones as guest posts. john.mcelhenney (at) gmail (dot) com