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I am not keeping the kids away from him.  He broke whatever little bond he had with them when he abused me in front of them.  We expect adults to set boundaries and yet teens they have no agency in setting their own?  They don't owe him their love or their time.  They owe me nothing either.  They don't owe him phone calls.  He doesn't call them.  Trust and respect have to be earned.  I set up a visitation two weeks ago.  They again refused to go in his car.  If it comes down to an order by the judge, the same thing will happen, not because I did not facilitate, but because the kids know inside themselves what is emotionally healthy for them.  And thank you for those who said reunification therapy is not advised.  [/quote]

Sorry, OP.  I just posted about a friend's kid—similar story.  During his last visit, he gave a note that said, "Help" with his mom's phone number to an adult in the building. He has called the cops many times during forced visitations.  He has also run away.  Dad was abusive to the kid, too.  There's the stuff that's hard to prove, and the stuff that's easy to prove but doesn't qualify as physical abuse, like dad shaving his head as punishment for reporting him to authorities.  Forcing visitation and reunification therapy on this kid made things go from bad to horrible.  [/quote]

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