A. When a co-parent badmouths their co-parent in front of the kids on a regular basis, one of two things can happen. One, the ...

QUESTION: My ex is not a good person. She sends me terrible text messages that the kids have read over my shoulder. They tell me she refers to me as “sperm donor” when she talks to her friends.

One, the kids begin to identify with the badmouthing parent and follow suit; or the more common response, they reject the one badmouthing.