Question: In our parenting agreement with my ex, it says that I can call any time between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. I have been using Skype to call my kids. 

My ex is claiming that Skype is not a phone call and has cut me off from Skyping my kids, on Christmas Day no less, which she says she’s allowed to do. Does Skype constitute a phone call?

By Barry Finkel

In the age of digital communications, there now are three sides to every divorce story: his, hers, and what’s being stored by the phone company.

Digital communications, like e-mail, instant messaging and increasing text messaging using a wireless phone, has opened new lines of communication between people. This includes couples facing divorce. While e-mail and IM are commonly used, most should be wary of texting. Why? Many people who text often will message their spouse, friends or even a lover with whom they’re having an affair, revealing intentions, intimate details and negotiation strategies.

Cyber Parenting: Online Communities Target Long-Distance Parents and Children

by Rick Ortiz, editor of DadsDivorce.com

Anyone born after the invention of television has heard the admonitions that come with staring too long and intently at a television or computer screen. But with the passing of the generation who remember life before video it seems as though a kind of evolution and unconditional embrace of the television or computer screen as a builder of community, friendships, buddy-hood, and even a certain kind of parenting is becoming firmly entrenched in our society.