I admire all the "non-traditional" parents out there. The single parent sacrifices a LOT for the kids. They don't have as many options when things go crazy or need a break. I appreciate my mom more every day for what she went through.

 A week in the life of a family man with the wife gone... Day 5... Combining Thursday and Friday... I'm golden, I'm almost there... Lessons in the Rocky movies... Stronger together though each of us is capable

 A week in the life of a family man with the wife gone... Day 4... International phone calls... Too many moving parts... Dad's melt down... Back to Rocky and the project... Do parents ever sleep?

 A week in the life of a family man with the wife gone... Day 3... The routine is starting... the reason for this series... smacked in the mouth... the melt-down

 A week in the life of a family man with the wife gone... Day 2... My normal responsibilities done change... Hikes, friends, forts... Cabin fever... The Rocky series... The project is due... the coming meltdown

 A week in the life of a family man with the wife gone... Day 1... sending the wife off and getting started the next day with 100% of the responsibility instead of 50%. Lot's of one on one time.

Video games... I don't love them, never have. But now it seems like I need to disconnect the video games before the video games further disconnect this family. It's challenging.

 Fears are normal. I didn't have a fear of the dark, but my seven-year-old is having issues. No judgment, just communicate. Being a "safe place". We are designed to need each other.

 Encouraging the entrepreneurial child. Think about what others what and how you can serve them... and who actually pulls out the money. Moms don't want to buy weapons for their kids!

 The tools I'm using to encourage my boys to learn to speak. Repeat after me... Mimicking... Give the right information not negative reinforcement.