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@vikingqueen I am pretty sure that in an intact family I would still want to limit my kids to a single sport or other intensive weekend activity at a time, and I would expect them to commit to going to every event unless they were sick or there was some other unusual circumstance not in their...

@dennisbon Kid 1 is 11. The sad thing is I actually did schedule a little rec bball thing for our younger kid (6) because I couldn’t get ex’s agreement on any extracurriculars for her. We were very clear with the coach that Kid 3 would miss half the games/practices, Kid 3 understood this was a...

@dennisbon It is the first game :(

@whereismysalvation I don’t want to force him to go skiing but I really can’t imagine being “always all for” any activity a kid says they want to do, with no consideration of the logistics or cost, and no expectation that they will actually go if they don’t feel like it, or if they have also...

@xanti Yeah I have tried many times, but unfortunately my ex does not care. They did consult me beforehand, and I said no. They love to make Kid 1 mad at me and nothing is more effective than planning something extra for just him (never his siblings!) during my time and then putting me in the...

An upcoming weekend is one of maybe three weekends this year when my son (Kid 1) has no soccer games. It’s my scheduled time and SO and I planned to go skiing with all the kids (3) including paying for tickets. It turns out Kid 1 has a basketball game. This is a team his other parent signed him...