TV case study - access to kids over Xmas?

Have you been denied access to your children even at Xmas because of a messy break up? We are looking for case studies for an article and TV feature on this important issue, about how such situations can be resolved.

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Hi
Sorry cant help as I have agreed to contact on Christmas day sadly he only wanted 3 hrs to see his 5 and 7 yr old but not his 16yr old. Just a thought but please include some women/men would actually like their ex to have contact but they dont wish it. Maybe thats for another feature.
Look forward to seeing/reading it.
Kind regards

I've refused contact on xmas day but given boxing day as an alternative.
It's my christmas too.
The kids aged 2 & 7 don't mind it means they get 2 christmas days.

And even some mothers don't want to see their kids at Christmas.

That's a really good point Gorgeous (cool name!) - I shall put that to the journalist.

Thanks for replying.

Suzy

Tiarasweet - I think that is a common way to do it that often works really well. The program journalist is looking more for parents who are only given restricted access or none at all, perhaps because the situation over the break up is at a real low, which would be particularly difficult at Xmas. Ideally we want to show that the situation has resolved (I ran off to America with the kids to avoid a Xmas dilemma one year, but this year we are all having breakfast together, so things do change thank God!)

Very true Kevin01, and I am sure the journalist would be happy to speak to them. Doing what you feel is best for the kids at a difficult time, whilst avoiding using them as weapons, is a tricky balance for either parent. Many of pass through that phase and Xmas highlights the horribleness of it.