So my ex has been emailing me a lot lately to badger me about how the kids don't text him very much from my house - he feels they don't communicate enough and goes as far as to suggest that I am not "facilitating" this.
I do remind my kids but sometimes they forget (they are 9 and 10).
I have very clearly told my ex he is welcome to text me to communicate with them at any time if he can't get through to them on their devices (I don't let them have devices 24/7 either). My kids have told me that they feel pressure to always remember to text or that daddy will be mad if they don't. It's a stress for them sometimes.
I honestly don't always remember to have them text their dad. If it was up to him he would FaceTime them every night. I feel that sometimes this takes away from my quality time with them. For example, if we have to get through homework, dinner, showers, sometimes there is only 10 minutes left at the end of the day for my own quality time with the kids.
How do other people handle this? Should it be up to me to make sure they are texting every single night so that daddy won't be mad at them? In light of the fact that I am going to court soon, do you think I should be responsible for seeing to it that they text dad daily? Does anyone have a good system in place that works in their house?
Thoughts appreciated.
Ps. I should mention that the kids don't do a very good job of texting me from their dad's house either.
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I do remind my kids but sometimes they forget (they are 9 and 10).
I have very clearly told my ex he is welcome to text me to communicate with them at any time if he can't get through to them on their devices (I don't let them have devices 24/7 either). My kids have told me that they feel pressure to always remember to text or that daddy will be mad if they don't. It's a stress for them sometimes.
I honestly don't always remember to have them text their dad. If it was up to him he would FaceTime them every night. I feel that sometimes this takes away from my quality time with them. For example, if we have to get through homework, dinner, showers, sometimes there is only 10 minutes left at the end of the day for my own quality time with the kids.
How do other people handle this? Should it be up to me to make sure they are texting every single night so that daddy won't be mad at them? In light of the fact that I am going to court soon, do you think I should be responsible for seeing to it that they text dad daily? Does anyone have a good system in place that works in their house?
Thoughts appreciated.
Ps. I should mention that the kids don't do a very good job of texting me from their dad's house either.
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