Q. My 5-year-old daughter is so traumatized by her mom’s and my breakup that she will not leave my side. She tells me she is afraid I won’t come back. When it is time to return to her mother’s home, I ask her if she wants to go to mommy’s, and she clings to me. When it’s time to go to school, I ask her if she wants to go to school and she cries. Her mother disgusts me, but I keep my feelings to myself. She is convinced that I am trying to sway our child. I’m not forcing her to do anything. She doesn’t want to go. I just want my child to be happy. What’s good ex-etiquette?

A. The immediate suggestion of most would be to say that this child needs counseling, but never having talked to her or witnessed the behavior you are describing, I have no idea if that is the answer. More than that, I l

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