As the custodial parent, do you...?

Question

send your kids to the non-custodial parent's place with enough clothes for the few days they are there? Or do you just send them with what they have on their backs?

Answer 1

I would send the clothes for the days that they are there except if you know that they have another wardrobe where they are going.

Answer 2

Not sure. Now my ex wants nothing to do with them. She doesnt even let them call her. She changed her phone number.

Answer 3

When my ex was taking my daughter for visitation, I would pack everything she needed for the time she was with him, including extra clothes, special toys, night time books, medicines in case she got ill while there (didn't want her waking with a fever and him not having tylenol), even a few special snacks.  I also sent along a precharged gift card for the local walmart in case there was some emergency or item she wanted that he needed to buy while she was there.  I'd rather make sure she had everything she needed for a good visit than for her to get there and miss her things or need something she didn't have. I also thought that I recieve support to provide for her needs, and having what's needed at the non custodial parent's is part of it.  

Answer 4

I send their clothes with them.  He pays child support to provide things such as clothing, shoes, school fees, etc.  so I don't expect him to purchase these things a second time.

Answer 5

We send my step son with clothes.  He doesn't sleep there often  -- only once every 4-6 weeks, so what he does stay there we pack him with clothing and PJs.

As far as parents who have a regular overnight visitation with their children (i.e. every weekend or every other weekend) I feel that it depends on what the other parent can or cannot afford.  I think the non custodial parent should definitely provide clothing for their child when their child is at their home.  However, if they don't have it, the custodial parent shouldn't be a jerk about it -- they should pack some clothes for their kid.

People fight and make petty arguments over such silly things, it's really nothing to fight about, just let it go! :)  Think about what is best for the children, and try not to be petty, people.  (FYI -- I'm not saying that you're being petty at all, just saying that in general people are very petty about these things.)

Good luck.

Answer 6

Send them with enough clothes to get through the visit.

Answer 7

due to only one overnight visit per week, I sent the child's clothes and ended up washing them when they got back, which didn't bother me since I was the only parent doing most of the physical things a parent would do. But everyone is different

Answer 8

Of course you send them with clothes, an overnight bag, their toothbrush, everything you would send if they were spending the night at a friend or other relative's house.  

Answer 9

Well, that depends on what they have at the other parents house. If they have cloths there, don't send any. If they have none there- send enough for the weekend.

simple as that.