A kid’s job is to be a kid.
It’s not to pass on messages between his or her parents.
A parent’s job is to communicate with the other parent, no matter how difficult that might be. If direct communication is impossible, there are other options. A parent’s job is to know better than to involve a child in the dispute between his or her parents, and that includes using that child as a messenger.
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