Reply to Line between villanizing spouse and gaslighting kids?

Forum Index » Parenting -- Special Concerns

Reply to "Line between villanizing spouse and gaslighting kids?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Need advice and I can’t find this online …A few months ago I told my husband he needed to go to rehab and I couldn’t live with him if he continued drinking. He refuses and has seen our young children a handful of times since. He doesn’t call/FaceTime them. Sometimes he tells them he will do an activity with them but then the time comes and we don’t hear from him. 
I’ve told him many times he’s always welcome to come to spend time with kids. Always always. I’ve also invited him to pool, birthday parties (neutral places) and he rarely comes.

My kids are so hurt. I tell them that he’s going through a hard time but he loves them. It almost feels like gas lighting. 
How he is treating them isn’t right. And he’s not acting like he loves them. . He has stopped being a father to them in response to my asking him to move out. 
They are too young to understand about alcoholism (and their did still denies he has a problem). 
Does anyone have any experience with this? I’m trying to navigate this with as little harm to my kids as possible [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics