Dear Lindsey:

It’s always good to read about the quality time you spend with your kids, and also, that your relationship with Jason is good and that he is a good boyfriend; “a bit weird” sounds okay to me, is it?

It’s a terrible shame that Amy is mean to your daughter Ella, that your ex pushed Ella, and that both kids had to witness a huge fight between your ex and his girlfriend, shame on your ex and shame on his girlfriend! Children are not supposed to be exposed to aggression: not by being pushed, and not by witnessing a fight between adults in the household.

“He denied ever pushing Ella.  He stated I was a ‘bitch’ and all Amy ever tried to do was co parent and assist him and I working together, and I ruined it” – I wonder if Ella (or Aiden) can record the sounds of the next huge fight between Amy and your ex, or the next time that any of the kids is verbally mistreated, for proof, maybe to be used for legal purposes?

“He says the kids come over to his house all the time and say things about me” – did he say what they say, do you have any idea what he is talking about?

“I set up a counseling session for the kids next Tuesday… I feel like I am going to go into the counselor’s office and have no voice and be run over” – run over by your ex? Is he going to be present in the session along with you and the kids (and … Amy, by any chance)?

anita