Your child or children could fall victim to emotional problems if you do not bond with them efficiently, or they could become involved in frequent feuds with their non-resident father. Alternatively, they might need to relocate frequently to new areas, which can contribute to emotional difficulties associated. Hostile conflicts between you and your child’s non-resident father could have a profound effect on your child -- especially if you or the child's father tries to manipulate him into supporting one parent's side against the other parent's side. Frequent or constant adjustments to a new neighborhood may cause him emotional distress because he loses contact with friends from his former neighborhood.