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How to explain to child Mom wants nothing to do with him
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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 120046" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>Absolutely! You're a very good father and I know that you want to ease his pain. Telling him that "maybe she's waiting until you're 18 because of me" puts the burden on you to make your relationship with her better so that she <em>will</em> want to see him. That's not realistic, and it's not fair to either of you.</p><p></p><p>I would also be sure that he understands that for whatever reason she is doing this (drugs, alcohol, mental illness) it's something that she could try to work on and be better at, but so far she has chosen not to. That's totally on her. Just as his problems are things that he <em>is</em> working on and he will improve at with time and effort. Tell him that you know that he is a good person who is getting better at facing his troubles and overcoming them every day, and he doesn't have to grow up to be someone who can't face life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 120046, member: 99"] Absolutely! You're a very good father and I know that you want to ease his pain. Telling him that "maybe she's waiting until you're 18 because of me" puts the burden on you to make your relationship with her better so that she [i]will[/i] want to see him. That's not realistic, and it's not fair to either of you. I would also be sure that he understands that for whatever reason she is doing this (drugs, alcohol, mental illness) it's something that she could try to work on and be better at, but so far she has chosen not to. That's totally on her. Just as his problems are things that he [i]is[/i] working on and he will improve at with time and effort. Tell him that you know that he is a good person who is getting better at facing his troubles and overcoming them every day, and he doesn't have to grow up to be someone who can't face life. [/QUOTE]
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