Question: I am a single mum with an eight-year-old daughter. Her father and I split up when she was a baby and she has a great relationship with him and sees him regularly. She lives with me the majority of the time; I am also in a relationship with a man I met a couple of years ago. He also has a child around the same age but his relationship with his ex is very fractious. His child stays with him every second weekend and there is some distance involved.