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[quote=Anonymous]Ugh.  This was my ex.  Lost our children in public places too many times to remember.   FWIW, I did explain carefully that it was against the law for exDH to leave them alone under age 8, but, honestly, exDH was incapable of modifying his own behavior.  After a dangerous situation, I gave up and became the parent with de facto full custody.  No formal court order or fight, just offering to accompany exDH when he had plans for outings in big public places.

By about age 8, my kids understood how to keep themselves safe in basic ways and would ignore Dad if he instructed them otherwise.  Also, around age 8 is when I gave them cellphones (which I also had w/ tracking).

Now they are in MS and HS and recognize that their dad is basically a super irresponsible person and terrible parent.  Thankfully, neither has ever entered a rebellious/nefarious stage where they wanted to try to move to dad's custody in order to exploit the bad parenting for their own short-term benefit.

Unfortunately, IME, guys who parent like this really never change.  They also really don't recognize the negative impact it has on their relationship with their kids.

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