DS won't talk to his dad...

[~Ash~]

If skype is an option that he is happy with I would definitely do that too - craft is also I great idea.

My DD went through a stage of refusing to visit with her dad or speak to him on the phone. I spoke to him about it and we decided to just go with whatever she wanted until she felt comfortable to see/speak to him again. I would ask her if it was ok for her to listen to him sometimes and he would chat with her on speaker phone so he could tell her that he missed and loved her - it took maybe a month before she was ready again and she's never missed another visit again.

She was only 2 when we separated and this happened when she was 4/5 so it wasn't directly because of the separation. I think it had a lot to do with her feeling like she had some control over what was happening.

This could be completely different to what your DS is going through but I thought I would share in case it helped.

it's so sad when they get upset at bedtime for their dad - I asked my ex to take DD out and buy her a special toy for bed to help her with that. She gave him cuddles by cuddling the toy from him and it made her much happier when she was feeling sad about it all.

Good luck!


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[~clover~]

I could try something like that. he's at his parent's place, so maybe we could set it up. He won't have a computer when he moves out.

I'll get him to draw/make something. Just to keep some sort of communication open. He does that for a friend back home. He talks to the friend on the phone for ages