Emotionally abusive mother, father has nothing to stand on

[Forum Administrator]

It's a difficult thing - in a couple of years time, this mum may become pregnant again to her new partner, have a relationship breakdown with him and perhaps even be called a lunatic by him and seek our support - who's to know? And we'll give support to her, of course.

We cannot support taking sides against, or criticising a mother, or labelling her mentally deficient - when we don't know her side of the story - she may well be being victimised by her ex - and she could even be a mum on this forum!

Best of luck in the future Soulmama.

[TimsGirl]

Soulmama sorry to read about the lack of support.

I don't agree with some comments - if someone is a single mother it doesn't give them the right to abuse a child.

This woman is giving the rest of single mothers a bad name.

And for those who say we can't verify the OP's story... you can't verify ANYONE's story.

My ex husband's diagnosed sociopathic mistress he ended up marrying use to troll around step parenting forums with her "woe is me, my 'husband's ex' is stalking us and out to get us" while in fact it was my exhusband and her that were stalking me so badly I had to get DVOs and even then, that wasn't enough to protect me. So I, of all people, am the first to be reluctant to believe women complaining about "abusive exes" with the lies the psychopath who threatened violence against me and my daughter spread on forums like this.

But the reality is, unless we know better, we can only take people at their word - whether they are the ex or the new partner. And if someone has a partner with an abusive babymama, then they have every right to seek and expect support.

Single mothers aren't all angels - there are some really evil ones out there - hopefully they are few and far between but they do exist. And if we hear about them, we should condemn such abusive behaviour - if for no other reason than because the children involved deserve to be free of such sickening abuse. I would really hope if a single mother came on the forum and said "I emotionally abuse my child" that people would have the guts to tell her behaviour was unacceptable and to go help help