Thursday, March 02, 2006
Virtual Parenting
What's wrong with this picture?
Related Tags: divorce, virtual visits, bad idea, parenting
Divorce put David List and his 2-year-old daughter on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, and he worried that she would soon forget him.Not being a parent myself, I shouldn't speak, but if I were in his shoes, I'd be more worried about how she was raised than her image of me. Meaning maybe I'd need to stick around!
She hasn't, though. List's divorce agreement guaranteed him "virtual visitation" - the chance to talk with his daughter through an Internet video connection - and he and Ruby Rose, now 5, usually connect at least twice a week. The chats sustain them in between their in-person visits, which come only a few times a year.
Related Tags: divorce, virtual visits, bad idea, parenting