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11/6/11 at 10:42pm
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So, this is the kiddos second holiday with me and ex split.  But last year I didn't have a TV, so there was no ABC Family or Hallmark Channel movies (which my daughter, especially, loves).  But now that we do have cable and DD is interested in watching holiday channels while we cook and do crafts, I am realizing just how many movies have as their focus intact families, the worst of which includes reuniting split parents and gorgeous family happy endings.  

 

Of course, this is all complicated by the fact that this is the first Christmas ever that the kiddos will not be with me for even part of the day (last year, when we were still mediating, I had the morning and he had the afternoon/evening...but now we have a court order of every other year, and it is his year).

 

What to do?  DD really wants to watch holiday shows, but I have to imagine many will break her heart on some level.  She knows that ex and and I are not getting back together with her brain, but her heart is likely not quite there yet.  And she is sad about other things.  Note that younger DS is far less clued in, and regularly talks about how it is time for the "divorce to be over now...." so we are working on other levels with him -- plus he doesn't tune into non-kid TV.

 

And yes, I know I could just not allow TV....but let's set that option aside for now.

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