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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With my ex, I would just start making excuses as to why kids can’t come this week, or can only be there on the weekend, minimizing their time with him. I would also assure him it won’t mean modifications in child support.
If it didn’t help, I would file for custody modification without child support modification (just yet) and see how he reacts. I get a sense that he is worried about money more than anything. [/quote]

Great ideas. Although I think the kids could call themselves and tell him their busy. Or as some have expressed start meeting him for lunch on weekends, but come back home. Last resort is going to court. At those ages it's really up to the kids. [/quote]

That’s a lot to put on the kids, if dad is hard to deal with. My mom made me keep going to my dad’s for visitation because we were all scared to stand up to him, OP. I am in my 40s, and I’m still a bit angry with her for never standing up for me. It might be irrational, because rationally I know parents get visitation. But on an emotional level I feel like it’s shitty that she got to move away from him but kept sending me back to him every other weekend, knowing exactly what he was like. It feels like she didn’t protect me.

Soooooo — don’t just leave it up to the kids. If they want to stop going to go less frequently, figure out a way to be their advocate.[/quote]

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