What is the best advice to give a custodial parent?
Let your ex have the children as much as they will take them. You need a break. They are the perfect babysitter. You know they will take care of them and if they are around the children alot, they will be more sensitive to their needs. • Does joint custody work? It can. Some people are naturals at it; others need a little help. A child psychologist can help those who don’t realize they have damaging behavior. Putting the child in the middle and parental alienation are classic problems in joint custody. • What is the worst fear of most women? That their spouse will fight them for custody. • Do most men fight for custody? There are two categories of those who do: Men who honestly want custody. Men who want to scare their wives into accepting less child support provided they later relinquish the fight. • How can you tell the difference? From the obvious. Those who never spend any time with their children prior to the divorce being filed; those who travel and are never home; those who have
