If your child is caught up in a loyalty conflict involving you and your ex, she may—with your ex’s encouragement—disrespect you and become insensitive to your feelings, which could result in her behaving in an entitled, ungrateful, and uncaring manner. These behaviors and attitudes toward you can spill over into her relationships with other people. In this way, your ex is warping your child’s social and moral compass and molding your child to hold beliefs and attitudes that will serve her poorly later in life—with friends, at school, and on the job
