My 5-year-old daughter is so traumatized by her mom’s and my breakup that she will not leave my side. She tells me she is afraid I won’t come back.
Q. My 5-year-old daughter is so traumatized by her mom’s and my breakup that she will not leave my side. She tells me she is afraid I won’t come back. When it is time to return to her mother’s home, I ask her if she wants to go to mommy’s, and she clings to me. When it’s time to go to school, I ask her if she wants to go to school and she cries. Her mother disgusts me, but I keep my feelings to myself. She is convinced that I am trying to sway our child. She doesn’t want to go. What’s good ex-etiquette?
A. Children follow our lead. It doesn’t sound like you are leading.
