Letters to the Editor
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Sunday, bonding Sunday
In theory, shopping her around to lots of religious rituals to expand her mind sounds great, but I think Dad is going to get into some unnecessary hot water with Mom over it. Worse, I think it could cause the daughter to be troubled and anxious at this age. Remember being 13? That's the age when being sure of all kinds of miscellaneous things is the only defense against how very unsure of ourselves we feel.
And hellOOO, hell isn't the only separation the poor kid is freaked out by here. The here and now divorce stuff looms pretty big for her, too. So LW,just be a loving dad and take her to the local branch of the church she belongs to, as an expression of daddy love and concern and bonding, and leave it at that. It "wouldn't kill you," as my tribe would say.
(If it were soccer on Sundays she was into, Dad would probably just play along and do that with her, wouldn't he?)