hi all,
my dd is 8 and has a phone for her father to call her on. He officially calls her once a week on a sunday, but in reality this doesn't always happen.
since she stayed at his for xmas, she has refused to have her phone on and now says she doesn't even want it. Her father emailed me at the beginning of february to complain about this, and not getting a birthday card from her. and again yesterday, to threaten me with court and accuse me of trying to cut him off.
Since we split, he has visited her twice, and I have driven her to him numerous times (he moved back to his mothers house a few hours away from us). He does not pay maintenance, and I have never contacted the CSA.
Given that my dd is capable of charging her phone, sending texts and has credit, and that she remembers to charge her ds and send her friends texts when she wants to, and did up until christmas keep her phone charged, my question is;
how far should I go to make sure she speaks to her father?
I am very interested to hear your views!