What's My Responsibility to My Ex During Holidays?

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🗓️ 13 May 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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What's My Responsibility to My Ex During Holidays? - Kevin's wondering how he should handle Mother's Day and other holidays when it comes to his ex-wife and their children. - Dr. Laura: "Your obligation to raise considerate kids who stay connected to their mom doesn't end after you've divorced her." - Is your relationship with your ex amicable or difficult? Email me your thoughts at: drlaura@drlaura.com | To participate on the radio program; call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment - https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from two to five PM Eastern time on serious XM triumph 111.
0:11.0	Kevin, welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Yes ma'am. Hi, what can I do?
0:16.0	I'm a doctor. Yes, I have a question.
0:19.0	I'm a divorce individual.
0:23.0	I do kids and my question is what is my obligation to my X wife for like Mother's Day and her birthday with regards to the kids?
0:33.0	Besides besides letting them know you know Mother's Day is coming up and letting them get something for her.
0:40.0	And if they choose not to is it my you know I'm just confused.
0:44.0	Do I need to make sure they do something or just making sure I would you're why would little kids not want to do something for mama?
0:52.0	Why would they say no? Well, that's weird.
0:56.0	Well, it's not that they will say no, but they don't want to fight like last year they get they got cards for her and they didn't give it to her if they didn't want her to have it.
1:07.0	Because I because you know we just recently divorced so they're still struggling with.
1:13.0	I guess what's going on with mom and mom and dad through the divorce and how they feel.
1:19.0	I don't understand why they didn't want to give her a card, but why did they what did they say about not giving mama a card?
1:27.0	Well, they bought it they signed it they just give it to her and when I asked you to.
1:34.0	I want to know how they explained not wanting to give her a card. That's mean. Why do they want to be mean to mama?
1:44.0	That's a good question. I know is that they did not want to give it to her.
1:49.0	I'm assuming that because we recently got divorced and she kind of.
1:55.0	Let that charge that they might be you know just made at her for that. You know that I don't know they won't tell me exactly.
2:04.0	I don't believe that it won't tell you so I don't believe that I just don't believe you're pursuing it because you're so angry with her that you're kind of okay with what they're doing.
2:12.0	Your moral obligation is your divorce from their mother, but she is the mother.
2:19.0	She is the mother and should be respected as such in spite of chaos because they need to be connected to mom.
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