My Kid’s Mom Called Demanding to Know Where He Was. Then a Terrifying Three Hours Unfolded.

Care and Feeding I can’t let this go. Aug 01, 20268:00 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Getty Images Plus. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, I’m a divorced father of an 8-year-old son, “Jake,” of whom I share custody with my ex, “Celine.” This weekend we had a bit of a fright. It was Celine’s week, and she called me in a rage, asking why I’d come and taken him when it wasn’t my turn to have him. I had done no such thing. He wasn’t in her house, and so she just assumed. (He has a phone without internet access, just for calls, but he wasn’t picking up.) There was abo