We recently read the following excerpt from the book “Raising Children in Blended Families,” in the chapter entitled “The Consequences of a Bitter Parent:”
The biological mother in this particular situation was creating more emotional pain for her children. When the children visited their father, they carried with them extra baggage — lots of guilt for leaving Mom home alone. Anyone knows this is unfair to the children.
Unfortunately, we know all to well how this scenario can harm the children — from first hand experience. We’ll never forget my husband’s 7 and 9 year old daughters telling us how their mother behaved after they spent Christmas with us: crying hysterically and asking them why they didn’t want to spend the holiday with her. There was a court order in place; it was the father’s turn for Christmas visitation; yet the mother made her children feel guilty about spending…
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Madison Elizabeth Baylis 