I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM MY EX IS LIVING WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AND SUPPORTS HER AND HER CHILD BUT IN THE SAME TURN SHE IS IN A CUSTODY BATTLE FOR HER OLDEST DAUGHTER. I THINK IN TIME HIS TURN WILL COME AND I LEARNED STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR THAT OTHER PARENT. LET THE CHILDREN ASK THE OTHER PARENT WHY IS IT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY DADDY/MOM? WHEN THEY TELL THAT CHILD I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY AND THEN THAT CHILD SEES THEY DO. CHILD PICK UP ON THINGS AND WE HAVE TO PROTECT THEM BUT SOMETIMES OUR CHILDREN NEED TO SEE THING THE WAY WE DO. I HOPE THIS HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND. I GET TO THE POINT WHERE HIS DAD SAYS I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY I SAY I DON'T CARE IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM