It's very difficult when there's no real parenting going on. When my H did see the boys it was for about an hour or two at a time. He would not spend time with them in our home and he quickly moved in with his gf (another town about 30 miles away) and knew he could not take them there. The boys said that after a while there was no emotional connection anymore and that the Dad they knew was gone. It's very sad.
