I couldn't begin to disagree with momoftwo more strongly. In our zeal to always find a way to place blame on "both" parties, comes the opinion that she expressed regarding the sporting event.
There is simply no other way to look at the situation and blame anyone other than the mother. This is as clear a demonstration as there is of "using the children as a weapon." By pulling the children from the game and leaving, she is sending them a clear and too often convincing set of messages:
It doesn't matter how often the father has previously attended. What this mother is doing is unconscionable and to suggest that the father is somehow to "blame" (in whole or in part) for the children being pulled from the game is, quite frankly, wrong. It's a classic and overt effort to alienate the father from the children. Suggesting that the father not attending is the "right thing to do for the kids" only perpetuates the impact on the children and supports the twisted efforts of the mother.
It doesn't get any more wrong than that. The only person to blame for the situation is the mother.
There is simply no other way to look at the situation and blame anyone other than the mother. This is as clear a demonstration as there is of "using the children as a weapon." By pulling the children from the game and leaving, she is sending them a clear and too often convincing set of messages:
- Your father is someone to be feared.
- It's your father's fault that you're not playing.
- Your father doesn't deserve to enjoy your participation the games.
It doesn't matter how often the father has previously attended. What this mother is doing is unconscionable and to suggest that the father is somehow to "blame" (in whole or in part) for the children being pulled from the game is, quite frankly, wrong. It's a classic and overt effort to alienate the father from the children. Suggesting that the father not attending is the "right thing to do for the kids" only perpetuates the impact on the children and supports the twisted efforts of the mother.
It doesn't get any more wrong than that. The only person to blame for the situation is the mother.