My Kids' Father Is Slipping Out Of Their Lives

+1. And I agree with the opinion that your kids will grow up feeling that they deserve "less than." I was that kid and it took me 3 years of therapy to get over it once I had a good man who encouraged me to do it for myself. This was after years of crappy relationships with guys who weren't good enough for me.

OP, I really do think you should help your kids talk to their dad. I wish my mom had done this for us. If he won't hear it or can't understand it coming from you, perhaps the sight of his hurting children will move him. If not, hopefully they will understand what a dick he is and that it isn't about them. I'm so sorry for you and your kids and hope karma bites your ex in the ass hard. Losers like that don't deserve happiness in my opinion. They are the lowest of the low.