Keep Wearing Wedding Band? [Thread #9]

[JRuss]

But anyway, what I've read is that you just have to stay that stable, rock for them. Not bad mouth her back, but definitely set the record straight, with words, but mainly through actions and consistency. Alienation won't work if you have custody and are there for them. (It unfortunately can where you don't have access). But your kids are smart, their sophistication and knowledge of how things work will only continue to grow, and she really will bite her nose of to spite her face by doing this. She'll turn them against her, because they'll know -- because they witness the truth all the time -- that you're not what she says you are, and they'll rightly judge her poorly for slagging on their dad whom they know to be great, especially if you don't reciprocate it back at her.