Son doesn't want to come to my place anymore
My 12 year old has been with his mom more and more. He used to love my weekends but now he keeps asking if he can skip. Found out his mom's new boyfriend is letting him play video
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Navigating custody, handoffs, and co-parent communication.
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My 12 year old has been with his mom more and more. He used to love my weekends but now he keeps asking if he can skip. Found out his mom's new boyfriend is letting him play video
Every single day my ex is sending me texts about what the kids ate, what they wore to school, stuff that honestly doesn't matter to me. I want to be involved but this feels excessi
My 13 year old told her mom she doesn't want to come to my place for her custody weeks. Said she misses her friends and wants to stay with her mom. This is breaking me. I don't kno
My ex is supposed to have the kids every other weekend but she keeps rescheduling last minute. This week she told me Saturday that she couldn't take them till Sunday. It messes up
Trying to communicate with my ex about custody stuff but every text turns into a fight about something else. Someone told me to try one of those co-parenting apps like OurFamilyWiz
Been separated for 18 months and I've got a serious girlfriend now. We've been together 6 months and she wants to meet the kids. My ex is going to absolutely lose it when she finds
When the kids are with me they test boundaries constantly, talk back, don't listen. Then they go to their mom's house and apparently they're angels. My ex tells me I'm doing someth
I pay child support every month on time but now my ex keeps asking for extra money for school stuff, sports, activities. I'm all for supporting my kids but she never tells me in ad
Started seeing someone pretty seriously and she's been around the kids a handful of times now. My ex found out through the kids and lost it, saying I'm introducing strangers and be
This is driving me crazy. Every other weekend she's supposed to have the kids Friday to Sunday. But then like Thursday she'll text saying she has to switch to the next weekend or c
We split custody 50/50 on paper but somehow I'm the one making all the dentist appointments, dealing with school emails, buying clothes when they grow out of stuff, handling their
My daughter asked me about her mom's new boyfriend and I just kept it neutral and told her to talk to her mom about it. Thought I handled it well but then my ex texted me saying I
After 18 months of back and forth lawyers and mediation, we finally got an agreement signed. I have them Mon-Thurs now and she has them Fri-Sun. Both of us compromised but honestly
So my ex has been switching weekends with me constantly without any real reason. Says she has plans, I need to just be flexible. But I'm the one who has to rearrange my work and my
Third time this month she's kept the kids an extra day without asking. I had plans and had to cancel. When I texted about it she just said they were having fun and didn't want to d
Been dating someone for 6 months now and it's getting serious. She wants to meet my kids soon but I'm worried about how my ex will react or if she can use it against me in court so
My 10yo came back from his mom's house last week and said he doesn't want to see me anymore. When I asked why he just repeated things his mom has said about me not paying enough ch
So my ex and I agreed to 50/50 custody but she wants to change it because her new boyfriend works from home and can help with the kids. She's asking if we can do 60/40 in her favor
My oldest is 7 and keeps asking me why mommy and daddy don't live together. The divorce has been final for a year and he seems to be doing okay but lately he's been asking more que
Started using one of those co-parenting communication apps like OurFamilyWizard and it's honestly a game changer. All messages are documented, there's a shared calendar, and honest