Hope,
You are right that it profoundly affects the children. Too bad the WAS doesn't see it. All they can see is that they are so unhappy in the current situation, that once they get out then everything will be fine.

My H once even told me, "I've got to be happy too". Wow, it's amazing they don't care at whose expense.




Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
-- Bernice Johnson Reagon