Halle Berry Seeks Sole Legal Custody of Son Maceo

[hewontgo]

Halle Berry Seeks Sole Legal Custody of Son Maceo, Says Olivier Martinez 'Refuses to Co-Parent' in 'Child-Centered Way' https://t.co/ma4IbLw1RO
- People (@people) August 18, 2024
Halle Berry is seeking sole custody of her son, Maceo, claiming that his father, Oliver Martinez, refuses to co-parent or communicate in a child-centered way

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[analievelyn]

idk anything about how he is as a parent. my default is to trust Berry's claims tho

not saying this is what happened in this case, but having a child with someone is such a huge risk. ppl change for the worse after a break up for sure! but it's so terribly sad when you see ppl choose to have kids with someone whose red flags were apparent from the start. always heartbreaking

children of divorce

[analievelyn]

I was raised by a single parent from the start, so it's not my experience of having separate homes. But from what I read online, going from one home to 2 can be deeply traumatic for kids. Has that been yalls experience as a child of divorced parents or was the relief of them splitting enough to smooth out the changes to your life post-divorce?

Being a kid is so hard :(

Re: children of divorce

[fromyourashes]

my parents were abusive in different ways, but they both kicked me out every single time i got on their nerves (which, as a child of abuse, was often). i honestly don't even remember how often i was kicked out of one house and sent to the other.

i wound up running away a couple times, and left for good at 17 and moved across the country. came back eventually, but.

idk if that answers that question LMAO

Re: children of divorce

[ghastly]

I was 4 when my mother & sperm donor divorced, so I don't really have memories of them together to base that off of. My frame of reference was always two houses, even though I was the only kid in my class then with divorced parents. When I was still a young child, I didn't mind going to sperm donor's on the weekends, but by the time I was 13, I had exceeded his maximum maturity level & he began treating me with the same abuse he'd always previously directed toward my mother. She's said that by that point, every time I had to go visit his house, I looked and acted like I were going to my own execution.... and that was just for a WEEKEND. I can't imagine for longer than that.

Re: children of divorce

[ty]

It's hell, especially when both parents go on to have more children and you are forever in the middle now of two complete families, not really belonging to either.

I was a tiny wee babe around 18 months when it happened but my gran told me I completely changed, started biting my nails and would just sit around trembling.

[skyler_white_yo]

One of my favorite lines from Bojack Horseman is “sometimes when you wear rose colored glasses, the red flags just look like flags”. It’s really easy to see those red flags when you’re watching someone else’s relationship, but when your in a relationship, those flags can be harder to see, and in some cases you don’t even look for those flags.

[analievelyn]

Yes! Sorry for not being clear. I'm thinking of situations where they see and know the flags are red