How I Learned to Be a Better Long-Distance Dad
With so little time together, I want to make my kids’ visits enjoyable, but I didn't want to be just a figurehead parent.
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With so little time together, I want to make my kids’ visits enjoyable, but I didn't want to be just a figurehead parent.
Getty Images The monthly mystery box of international snacks arrived yesterday, and my two teen daughters are seated on the sofa next to my wife and me in our two-bedroom apartment. We’re eating our way through Italy tonight — black truffle potato chips, chocolate hazelnut bars, strawberry cream candies filled with pop rocks — and guessing at Italian food-related trivia. We’re actually laughing out loud together, not just typing LOL. It’s the closest I’ve felt to my kids in some time. Ever since I moved out of the house they share with my now-ex wife, these nights have formed a b...