How To Control Your Jealousy When Your Children Visit Their Other Parent

How do I control my jealousy when my children visit their other parent?

When it comes to sharing custody, a lot of emotions come up. You know fear that you're going to be left behind, jealousy that they might be having fun, and there's a lot of different emotions. What you can do is a few things. I suggest to keep a journal of my emotions, and I would write my son little mini love letters and little poems and that I would share with him when he came home. Sometimes I would call over there, when he was old enough to have a cell phone, I would leave little messages or text messages on his cell phone. Just to like a little knock on the shoulder saying "I love you", "here I am", or "don't forget about me". So there's things you can do for yourself by keeping a journal and also for your child to let him know that you're always always always on his mind.