Originally posted by LovingFather32
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It's great for kids to have two equally involved parents. But if one parent already has a pattern of ignoring the kids and their needs during that parent's time, why should that parent get even more time?
The hard part for Ange is to provide proof of her ex's disinterest. I hope she's journalling things like him not doing homework with them, but it's best done from the perspective of how awesome she is at it, not at how awful he is.
She can read between the lines all she likes about him being a hypocrite about his efforts to renovate his home 'for the children' and then turn around and sell it, or about how he didn't show the least bit of interest in 50-50 until the CS amounts were changing in her favour. Her case will be made or broken by focusing on the best interests of the children.
This is how the Disney dad problem starts. If a dad doesn't have enough time with the children to feel like a parent instead of a visitor, then yes, less parenting will happen during dad's time, as he makes an effort to maximize fun. Bump that father up to 50-50, and there will be more time available for the chores and the homework and the proper parenting to occur.
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