The adventure chronicles--moving on

[AFWAW]

Your daughter is full of anger, and rightly so. I think it's good she's at least letting her anger out.

My W is a marriage and family therapist, who specializes in helping children deal with family trauma, and I've been her informal sounding board over the years. I've heard a lot about cases involving kids dealing with exactly the kind of anger your daughter is dealing with.

I think your daughter would get tremendous value from talking with a good talented family therapist. If you go that route, make sure it's someone experienced in working with teens. Maybe her school can recommend someone. She can learn to process that anger in healthy ways.

What does she think about the upcoming move?

Went to my daughter's 8th grade graduation the other night. After it was over, on the way home, she said that she felt like she was under a lot of stress over the school year because of the seperation and divorce. This of course broke my heart.

My daughter has been through therapy as have I and we were both told that our feelings and reactions were quite normal but they still hurt.

As for our upcoming move, my daughter is excited about it. She wants to get away from the drama of it all and start fresh.

My daughter reported to me that my ex called her yesterday and told her that if she wanted to come over to her place and hang out to tell your daddy to bring you over. She looks oh so very angry everytime she mentions her mother.