Michael, it seems your friend is not only anxious to find a new hubby, she is also promiscuous. (You may not agree, but the statistics speak for themselves.) This is very bad for the daughter. Even six-year-olds who don't know much about sex pick up on the lifestyle. Her mother is teaching her what "acceptable" conduct is. There's a good chance she will reprise what her mother is doing when she is grown.

Sorry, I have no idea what you can do about the situation given your strained relationship with the mother. You do have a heart. Guard it with your life.

Mike

Eh. Sucks for the kid, but I'd not worry overly about the values she's passing on to her daughter. At least as far as promiscuity goes. We don't necessarily pick up our parent's bad habits. I'm not an alcoholic, not an addicted smoker, and the only illegal substances I've ever partaken of were tobacco and alcohol.

Instead of picking up my parent's vices, I've picked up wholly different ones. On that note, promiscuity in and of itself is not exactly a bad thing. When it stems from a lack of self-worth, yeah, that's no good, but enjoying sex is not a bad thing. Neither is enjoying sex with many partners. Like MikeL, I'm aware of the statistics, and despite them people that think they're sluts but haven't even broken into double digits on the number of partners they've had in their lifetime make me laugh.

Knowing what little you've told us of the daughter, it's that she's showing her kid that a person isn't a complete being outside a couple that bothers me. That's right into the self-esteem thing I mentioned, and that's good for no one. Not much you can do about it, but hope that things work out enough that you can once again be a part of there life again.

Or you can just not worry about it. My parent's claim that kids continually surprise their elders with their strength and resilience, and they'd know. Between their own memories, watching their siblings, and then watching the next generation grow up, they've observed a hell of a lot of people grow into adults.