the whole point of visitation is to ensure both parents can have a meaningful relationship with the child. As a father and a Christian I have a duty to be involved in the raising of my child. Just because Mom is selfish and evil doesn’t mean Dad should not insist on keeping the relationship and helping to take part in raising the child. our families are messed up because too many fathers give in to be “reasonable” and let Mom do as she wishes. Grow a set, be a Dad, be a leader, be the mature one. let selfish Moms enjoy enforcement via the Courts. No glee in that situation, but it is selfish Mom (or Dad’s) choice.
I don’t like O’Reilly at all, and have no idea what kind of Dad he is, nor why Mom did this. But she had her chance to make a case to the Court and clearly she lost. Hopefully a win for the children.
I understand what you say that the ex wife doesn’t get to win and that the father should wrest the power of his visitation rights from her when she flippantly denies them. I know that women in divorce situations can be unreasonable. However, I must requote myself...”I understand well the price the children pay because of the adults’ power games.” I lived it.
Don’t let the needs of the emotionally wounded child get lost in the red haze of anger directed toward the ex. The children are the most innocent victims in a train wreck that is usually the parents making. My dad was mature and wise and realized this. Had he marched in and demanded his rights, he would have destroyed our fragile relationship. He still got his way, but he was respectful of my pain and for that I am grateful.
I can’t stand BOR either. He is an arrogant bully on camera. I can’t imagine any woman wanting to be married to him and being divorced from him must be ten times worse. I often don’t take the woman’s side in a divorce because I have several in my family who are sadistically cruel to their ex husbands, but in this case, who knows?