Agent007
Thank you to all for your thoughts. I get both sides of the argument but I couldn't "just turn up" without her agreeing to it. I hope it will turn out okay, but I feel the pain of maybe it won't. I do resent being treated like that, but saying so wouldn't help. So we'll see.
what a very sad situation for you.It is true that children rarely want to Skype, I am not too keen on it myself.
you cannot go without her approval for the dates though.
could you invite them to visit you instead?
I can never understand why a child would treat a parent this way.