Mother’s Day and Father’s Day is truce time — a free pass. And to get straight to the point, the bottom line is that children belong with their mother on Mother’s Day and with their father on Father’s Day. Whenever possible it should include an overnight, whether it is Saturday night through Sunday evening or early on Sunday until Monday morning. It needs to happen, period.
Regardless of the case history and no matter how tumultuous the relationship, your children would not even exist without both of you. Parenthood is a gift and at least once a year it does not hurt to demonstrate this fact. When a parent withholds or deliberately interferes with access to the other parent on Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, it is a sign of real dysfunction. If you are in the middle of custody litigation and the judge learns that you interfered with one of these special days, you will pay the price. On any other day of the year, there can always be “he said-she said” reasons presented about why “visitation”
did not occur. However, when it comes to Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, there is rarely a justifiable excuse in the eyes of the courts.
Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are opportunities to teach your children to honor their mother and father. It’s an idea often forgotten in the aftermath of separation and divorce. If for no other reason, it is important for your children to see that you, too, acknowledge the significance of the other parent in your children’s lives. Do everything you can to make the day comfortable for them. Help them prepare to go to their mom or dad’s house. Help them choose a gift and give thought to what they appreciate about their other parent.
Borrowed from the widely acclaimed and award winning book, Stop Fighting over the Kids: Resolving Day-to-Day Custody Conflict in Divorce Situations, with permission of the author, Mike Mastracci See what the experts have to say about Stop Fighting Over the Kids www.stopfightingoverthekids.com and visit Mike’s Family Law Blog: www.DivorceWithoutDishonor.com
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