[netmilsmom]

>>Well, I'm not in favor of allowing one parent to turn their kid against the other parent<<

This is not the child's parent, first of all.
Second, do you have kids?
Third, I have a friend right now who divorced because of the father's constant risky behavior (taking his girls for rides on his Harley w/no helmets {against the law}, and losing them at biker rallies). Sorry but rock climbing does not compare to this. Should this mother not tell her children that it is not right to break the law and not safe to wander around alone in large crowds?
Should the mother never tell the child the risk, for fear of offending the father?

[Modernman]

Third, I have a friend right now who divorced because of the father's constant risky behavior (taking his girls for rides on his Harley w/no helmets {against the law}, and losing them at biker rallies). Sorry but rock climbing does not compare to this.

Putting kids in physical danger is one thing, as is breaking the law. Living a lifestyle where the father does dangerous things but never puts the kids in danger is quite different.

You brought up the example of a promiscuous father. That's not like the father taking the kids on a motorcyle ride without helmets since the only risk was to him, the consenting adult.

If the mother wants to tell her kids not to sleep around or to always wear a motorcylce helmet, that's fine. Saying bad things to the kids about their father because she doesn't like his lifestlye is completely different.