This is either General or a Parenting issue, and it's just my point of view..
After the mandatory PAS course offered by Alberta Justice, I thought it would be a good idea to take the optional Focus on Children In Seperation Course that Alberta Justice had to offer..
Great way to meet other bitter divorcee's
One of the first messages the Instructor delivered was the one that has been most persistent.. She said you should never refer to the childrens other parent as your X.. She said the tone that most of us use when we put another human being in the context of X is easily interpretted negatively by children.
When I talk about my former spouse in front of the kids it is always Mom, Mommy, your Mother.. But I try and say it in a way that makes it sound positive. When I talk to others it is almost always "the Childrens Mother"..
I slip every once in awhile, but I find not using the terms X or ex keeps me more positive about a human being who has made my life a living hell for longer than I care to think about..
Just a thought.. I see so many people on so many threads using ex, and it always makes me think of that FOCIS course.
After the mandatory PAS course offered by Alberta Justice, I thought it would be a good idea to take the optional Focus on Children In Seperation Course that Alberta Justice had to offer..
Great way to meet other bitter divorcee's
One of the first messages the Instructor delivered was the one that has been most persistent.. She said you should never refer to the childrens other parent as your X.. She said the tone that most of us use when we put another human being in the context of X is easily interpretted negatively by children.
When I talk about my former spouse in front of the kids it is always Mom, Mommy, your Mother.. But I try and say it in a way that makes it sound positive. When I talk to others it is almost always "the Childrens Mother"..
I slip every once in awhile, but I find not using the terms X or ex keeps me more positive about a human being who has made my life a living hell for longer than I care to think about..
Just a thought.. I see so many people on so many threads using ex, and it always makes me think of that FOCIS course.
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