Dear LFTP: ex is having a baby; protecting five-year-old Mandy

• My ex is having a baby with a woman he doesn't love; how do I protect my daughter and handle the new sibling?

A host reads a letter from a newly engaged mother of five-year-old Mandy whose ex-husband is having a baby boy with a woman he says he doesn't love and isn't committed to. The hosts advise not punishing the new child for the father's mistakes, treating it as an opportunity to show the child love — especially since both mothers fell victim to the same man — while protecting Mandy's innocence, letting her own relationship with her fiance flourish, and not venting disgust at the situation in front of the daughter. The 'Secular' answer agrees it's not appropriate to show disgust to the child.