A woman shares a virtual custody hearing on TikTok about a divorced father who wants full custody of his son, but refuses to pay child support, and the judge is not having it.
There was a point where we couldn’t do it. That we just needed to stay married “for the kids’ sake” because both Matt and I couldn’t live with being the root cause of their future trauma. There are no positive blueprints out there when it comes to kids and divorced parents. The language alone is daunting: “product of a failed marriage”.
A mom refused to cover for her ex when he forgot their son's birthday. And while most people agreed with her decision, experts argue that vilifying an ex, even if it seems warranted, is damaging to kids in the long run.
How can dads and daughters reconnect after a divorce? Marie Linner/Shutterstock.comIn a 2002 study involving nearly 2,500 children, researchers found that daughters’ relationships with their fathers were more damaged than sons’. What’s more, estranged daughters are more likely than estranged sons to suffer negative effects from the damaged relationship. If you’re like most daughters with divorced parents, you probably feel as though your parents’ divorce damaged your relationship with your fathe