The author and his two kids, Lydia and Peter.When my divorce lawyer told me in 2020 that I might only see my children every other weekend, I wasn’t just afraid of losing time with my kids. I was terrified of becoming the kind of father mine had been.
“[Your ex wife] is filing for primary physical custody. In this set up, you would be granted limited parenting time every other weekend from Thursday evening until Monday morning,” my lawyer informed me.
The words “limited parenting time” sent a cold shiver down my spine.
“No,” I said firmly into the phone speaker, my voice cracking. “I will do whatever it takes to get equal custody.”
I stood up and started pacing around the kitchen island as one thought played on loop in my head: “I can’t repeat the cycle. I can’t be an a...
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