Hi

Im a single dad with a 6 year old boy. We lived alone for about a year and a year ago moved in with my new gilrlfriend and son who is 5 years of age. We went to a thearapist just to make sure we are not forecing the kids into something they dont want to do and all was well.

My boy has to visit his mom every second weekend. This all went well until about 6 months ago where he would get very upset if i told him that it is time to go visit mommy and i had to do a lot of fancy footwork to get him in the car, for a while when we got to his mother he just simply forgot about his stubbourness and would go to her no problem. It slowly got worse to a point where she phoned me to come get him alfway thru the weekend as she could not take it anymore the way he was "begging" her to call me to come get him, the last couple of times he simply just refused to get in the car with her and again i basically forced him in a nice way to go visit mommy and finally just the other weekend i couldnt take it anymore and i just simply did not force him to go.

When i asked him what the problem is he is always saying the same things, his mom sleeps too late, they dont play with him and it is not nice there. he hardly speaks about his visits there even if i ask him about his visit he tells very little.

Is this normal for a boy just too not want to go to a place where he is bored or should i be worried as i am being told that he is being kept busy whilst there? I am really worried that it might be bad for him in the long run........