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Can I limit who my ex-wife will date or remarry in a divorce settlement?

Moving on post-divorce is a difficult task, but it is especially painful on your children.

The grief can be exacerbated when a parent begins dating. The second video in "The Divorced Dads Guide" series focuses on how to deal with your ex-wife's new boyfriend and addressing this change in lifestyle with your children.

"The Divorced Dads Guide" is a collaboration between DadsDivorce.com and SingleDad.com featuring helpful parenting tips for divorced dads facing the unique challenges presented to them post-divorce.

The post-divorce life is a significant adjustment for divorced dads and their children, especially when it comes to dating.

DadsDivorce.com editor Matt Allen talked with nationally recognized divorce and relationship expert Nancy Fagan about post-divorce dating and how to handle introducing your new girlfriend to your children.

Fagan provides divorce planning and mediation services for men and women as the owner of The Divorce Help Clinic and has appeared on countless radio and television shows.

She offers advice on how and when to talk to your children about a new relationship and how your children's ages influence those decisions.

By Tara Lynne Groth

Divorce is the end of a relationship, but how soon should divorced dads introduce the next relationship to their children?

While co-parenting with their former spouse, adjusting to a new routine and establishing a separate household, dads may meet someone new whom they want to share their life and family with.

Children are adjusting too, and introducing a significant other too soon — or someone who is not a positive influence — can have damaging psychological and emotional effects.

Every mental health professional underscores the same rule: wait.

By Contel Bradford

Unfortunately, social media dating in general is one of those things that has more negatives than positives. (Read last week's article "The Pros of Social Media Dating.")

Here are some reasons why going social with your dating strategy might not be a good idea: