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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Monday, August 14, 2017 - 6:20 pm 
No, you can't, but as I noted, sometimes it's the best one can do.
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Sunnyday
Member
08-07-2014
| Monday, August 14, 2017 - 6:21 pm
Not everyone can live a perfect life.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, August 14, 2017 - 6:23 pm
I skype with my soon to be 2 year old grandson, almost everyday. Anyway, for me, co parenting means your a hands on parent and in your child's daily life. You drive them to their friends house, you know their teachers, you discipline , you hold them when they fall, help them puke, blah blah blah. If you are not doing that, you're still their parent and in their lives via Skype.... but the other parent is the one parenting..... there is no "co" to help you out.
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Sunnyday
Member
08-07-2014
| Monday, August 14, 2017 - 6:42 pm
What about a parent that due to a divorce has limited contact with his or her child? Things like this happen everyday, it does not make a parent bad.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Monday, August 14, 2017 - 6:58 pm
Like I said, the ideal situation is proximity.
But proximity isn't always possible. Do we think people in the armed services are "bad" parents? What about people who otherwise travel for work? Truck drivers? Sales people? Airline personnel?
Is it ideal? No. But it doesn't mean you don't care or are a bad parent.
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Ark
Member
07-09-2001
| Monday, August 14, 2017 - 7:01 pm
It doesn't make them bad at all but it doesn't make them a parent either. I'm a little touchy about this today because I'm seeing so many "parents" that don't have custody of their kids reposting the pictures the custodial parent posted on FB of the first day of school.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Monday, August 14, 2017 - 8:05 pm
There are lots of reasons people don't have custody. And it's better for the children if they stay involved in some way, even if it's by Skype.
Which is what I care about. What's best for the kiddos.
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Pjlover
Member
09-12-2010
| Monday, August 14, 2017 - 8:05 pm
Wasn't sure where to put this, so picked here. Mods can move it if need be.
Saw this on FB and it really is a good article about Paul. One I totally agree with.
http://www.buddytv.com/articles/big-brother/why-i-refuse-to-give-paul-cred-65726.aspx
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, August 14, 2017 - 8:15 pm
Im just sharing what I think co parenting means. To me co parenting means being in the day to day mommy daddy bunker. Not saying the absent or far away parent or the Skype parent isn't a parent or a good parent but they aren't co parenting.
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Gusmonster
Member
06-01-2005
| Monday, August 14, 2017 - 8:29 pm
Pj,me too. All good points.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Monday, August 14, 2017 - 8:37 pm
I would consider someone overseas or on the road for the job to be co-parenting as best they can. Even if a parent lives far away, they are often involved in all the important decision making, if they have a good relationship with the closer parent.
I just think we can get too caught up in labels, when situations can vary significantly.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, August 14, 2017 - 8:47 pm
We have different ideas what co parenting means. A father or mother fighting a war is not co parenting. They are a parent and love their children and their children love them but they (in my mind) aren't co parenting. A truck driver on the road 40 weeks a year isn't co pareting....just ask the other parent when they've just been up 4 days straight with a sick baby.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 10:27 am
Pjlover, that is a great article. One of the comments was on point when he said if BB was a game show, production would be charged with cheating by the FCC.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 11:26 am
Some people seem to think that co-parenting requires an almost continuous physical presence.
My Dad's work meant that he was away a lot during the week so I mostly just saw him on the weekend. But I still thought of him every bit as much a parent as my Mom. I knew he loved me, cared about me and took an active part in any decisions made on my behalf. Isn't that parenting? Plus his work paid our bills. People contribute in different ways.
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Calimom3
Member
07-12-2007
| Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 1:32 pm
I think if a couple is not together, yet they share a child, the least they can do is live near each other. Of course military service is an obvious exception, but deployments don't last forever. If Cody could/would see Paisley every weekend, they would all be the better for it. Adults are all saying skype is a great substitute, but I'd like to talk to these kids in 20-30 years and see if THEY agree...again, having a parent in the military for a portion of their life, Skype is an amazing advantage. But to a child whose parents live civilian lives, I'd have to assume they aren't putting their child first. There are rare exceptions, yet many excuses.
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Rmsreality
Member
08-21-2005
| Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 2:13 pm
http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-19-are-players-trying-to-lose/
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Calimom3
Member
07-12-2007
| Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 5:54 pm
Kevin's father, aka "The Cheese!"
http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/
articles/2006/08/12/cocaine_dealer_69_ordered_to_
spend_decade_in_prison/
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Missyb
Member
07-28-2004
| Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 6:14 pm
The link below is to a redditt user who got tickets to the DE. Since we will be in black out until after Friday nights show, this poster may update and tell us what happened when they get home on Thursday ! Tickets are no guarantee that you get a seat.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BigBrother/comments/
6tx92o/ama_i_got_tickets_to_thursdays_double_
eviction/
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Gusmonster
Member
06-01-2005
| Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 6:15 pm
Well that's something at least but I want to see it! 
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Ark
Member
07-09-2001
| Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 6:16 pm
Thanks Missyb!
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Lurkin
Member
02-15-2002
| Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 8:35 pm
Thanks Cali. That is interesting
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Missyb
Member
07-28-2004
| Thursday, August 17, 2017 - 11:24 pm
http://www.afterbuzztv.com/2017/08/17/big-brother-s19-episodes-22-24-afterbuzz-tv-aftershow/
Morgan Willet hosts. They talk bout De, Ramses, etc. Something to past the time. Another guest is this guy Bill Sindelar. He is the "warm up" guy at the live show. Says the room sits about 80 people. He gives some inside scoop. Such as the audiences initially loved Paul, now, not so much. Audience liked Cody and Jess.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Friday, August 18, 2017 - 3:32 am
The audience liked Cody and Jess? LOL - okaaaaaaay then....
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Maineiac
Member
08-24-2009
| Friday, August 18, 2017 - 5:33 am
I'm not surprised the audience loved Cody and Jess. IMO most BB viewers don't like a one sided gang up on type of season. Paul was the leader in this being exactly that. Jody was the target and underdogs most of the season.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Friday, August 18, 2017 - 8:17 am
I didn't see Jody as the underdogs at all. Cody messed up on week one and it followed him out the door.
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