"But I want to talk some more!"

Aiden's mother seldom answers my scheduled calls with Aiden. She has ignored 7 of my last 10 calls to Aiden. And even on those rare occasions when I do get to talk with him, she intrudes.

In a recent call, my son was very excited to talk with me "Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!" (0:1:30). However, when Aiden's mother prompts him to hang up, he protests "Don't wanna! Don't wanna!" (0:4:12). After a few minutes of actual conversation (albeit using her prompted questions), Aiden unexpectedly says sadly, "Bye bye..." (0:7:40). It makes me very sad that Aiden clearly wants to talk with me, but is not permitted to.

Shortly afterward, she whispers something, to which he protests, "But I want to talk some more!" (0:7:45).  Finally, he asks me an often repeated question, "Why do knights need swords?" (0:8:44) and is disconnected without uttering another word (0:9:00).

Absolutely every visit and every phone call is directly controlled by Aiden's mother, prompting his every question and answer. Clearly, he doesn't ask or answer questions without her permission. It really irks me that she is so controlling and intrusive.

In order to have a normal relationship with my son, I want visits and phone calls that are unsupervised (or at least supervised by anyone but his mother).