How do I handle a situation when her father lost all visitations and lies to her without talking bad about him? My best suggestion in situations like that is, you know what? Your ex, we can't be with dad right now because of some of the things that he's done. It makes it so he can't be with us right now. If he's trying to work through that, if that's gonna happen, then I would approach that. He's trying to work through some things, but you're not, again, the child may say, "Well, what did he do?" There are things that have occurred that make it so he can't see right now. And I'm sorry because I know that you want your daddy.
My heart goes out to this parent because that is, um, it's put you in a role where you are the single parent for a while, having to deal with all parenting challenges. So your spouse or partner's behaviors don't just influence your child. This influenced you in a profound way. My heart actually goes out to you because I know that's not easy. You're carrying a tremendous load by yourself, and, uh, that's extremely difficult. So learning how to communicate that with your child without throwing your spouse under the bus, but you do have to be honest and say there are things that he has done that are very important.
