My Ex-Husband Emotionally Abuses Our Children—What Should I Do?
newsweek.comDear Newsweek, My name is Alicia and I am the mother of five amazing minor children and two adult sons. I divorced my husband 3 years ago, and due to Covid, things took much longer and we actually separated long before our divorce was finalized.Anyway, while married I was a stay-at-home mom and home-schooled my kiddos.
My ex-husband worked full-time and was generally uninvolved in day-to-day life. However, as time went on, I realized my ex-husband was causing a lot of damage to our children and myself.
I realized that he was financially, emotionally, and spiritually abusing us, so I left.He then made it his mission to punish me for leaving.
He went on a smear campaign and isolated me from all of my friends and family. "Making things as difficult as he could so I would come crawling back to him"—his exact words.Part of his revenge was to seek 50/50 custody, which he was awarded because at the time I was still afraid of him and easily intimidated so I was not able to fully advocate for myself or my children.
