What All Divorcing Fathers Should Remember

During a divorce there are a lot of feelings that one must deal with. Sometimes adults may have a hard time dealing with what they are feeling. A man may decide that now that they are divorced there is no reason to continue to hurt himself by seeing his ex-wife.
 In doing this a non custodial parent may start missing visitations with their child. They may also decide to vent some of their feelings about their ex on their child. This article is written for Fathers to help them to be better Fathers to their children.

First off a Father has no excuse for missing his visitations. I understand that sometimes work may make it hard but a Father should always try to put his time with his kids first. No matter what you feel toward your ex, these are still your kids. The same kids you checked in on in the middle of the night. The same kids you hugged and kissed to soothe their boo-boos. They are the same kids and you need to be the same Daddy. Divorce is a grown-up thing and it does not matter how old or how mature your child is they are still a child when it comes to this. So keep them out of this and be there for them.

For the Fathers that are going to say well she won't let me see the kids. Guess what that is not an excuse either. You have a Right as the father to see your kids according to the divorce decree. If the mother will not honor the decree, then take her back to court and get the judge to force her. If the judge sees her to many times for withholding visitation, he will find her in contempt of court and can put her in jail. Trust me if a judge threatens her will jail time she will stop her crap and let you see your kids.

Now I know some men are going to say well it cost a lot to keep taking her to court. Let me tell you when it comes to your kids, you will pay anything for them. If you love them with all your heart as a father should, then money is no object. So don't try that excuse. Save your money, take a second job or what ever it takes to get it back into court. By the way there is a thing called Legal Aid that will help you with paying for an attorney. So see there is no reason not to do everything you can to see your kids on a regular basis.

Related information
  • First off a Father has no excuse for missing his visitations.
  • Secondly a Father should never drill his kids about what their mom is doing.
  • Also if your ex-wife has started dating someone new, don't let your kids see how much it hurts you.
 
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Good article and great advice. I hope to never use it.

Posted on 11/30/2007 at 4:11:00 PM

Great article and great advice.

Posted on 07/19/2007 at 7:07:00 PM

Great article and great advice.

Posted on 07/19/2007 at 7:07:00 PM

Excellent article. Great information.

Posted on 03/10/2007 at 7:03:00 AM

Excellent information in this. Very sound advice.

Posted on 03/10/2007 at 12:03:00 AM

Wish this had been around for my dad to read back in the day!

Posted on 03/10/2007 at 12:03:00 AM

Good straight talk. I need to print this out for a couple people.

Posted on 03/09/2007 at 11:03:00 PM

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