Back to school college parties bring out more than just friends.

 Posted by Patrick on August 30, 2010  General  1 Response »
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Back to school college parties bring out more than just friends.

So my daughter went packing off to college for her third year. Seems that last weekend, they had a back to school party at their apartment and lo and behold some “friend” of a friend walked off with her laptop computer.

Man, how I wish that I had remembered to warn her about some of those things that we adults take for granted. Like when you have a party you will not know everyone attending and hide the jewelry and take the wad of cash off the kitchen counter top.

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A Dad’s Point-of-View, by Bruce Sallan – Fact: Second Marriages ARE Harder

 Posted by Bruce on August 30, 2010  General  No Responses »
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One might think that second marriages would be easier and succeed more often than first marriages. At least that might be a first instinctual reaction. But, on reflection and upon learning the statistics, it becomes clear why second (and third, fourth, and more) marriages are actually harder.

First, let’s cite the statistics. I don’t have a source, but I know it’s generally understood and accepted that first marriages end somewhere in the 40-50% range, while second marriages end about 66% of the time, and third and subsequent marriages fail around 75% of the time. These are not encouraging statistics. Thankfully, when I was divorced I didn’t know those discouraging numbers.

So, we now know that the odds are against us. Why? My first thought and maybe many other people’s first reaction was that we’d learn from our mistakes and “know better” the second time around. After all, we know what didn’t work, right? Continue reading »

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A tip from Bill’s new book; “Kickin’ Butt as a Single Parent – 99 Tips That Every Parent Must Have”

 Posted by Bill on August 30, 2010  Dealing with Divorce and Your Ex  No Responses »
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I thought that I would start to share with you here tips from my new book “Kickin’ Butt as a Single Parent – 99 Tips That Every Single Parent Must Have”. Now when I mention every single parent I don’t mean “single” as in sole parent, I mean tips for every parent. If you like the tips then please let all of your fewllow bloggers know about this blog as well as your friends. I appreciate your support and hope that in some way these tips will bring value to you and your children.

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