Family Matters
festivegal2008
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I smell a DD....
The poster who moved in with her BF after 6 months and has the badly behaved son must not have liked what we had to say. I was genuine wtih my respons; in fact I didn't think anyone was THAT mean - just honest in trying to help!!! :-(
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Re: I smell a DD....
I really hope she is going to look into counselling. I feel very badly for that boy being yelled at all the time
Yeah, I saw that one coming too. I hope maybe she actually follows some of the advice because I feel really bad for her son.
I feel badly for her as well. Being a parent and doing the right thing- like not bringing a man into his home during the critical teen years- is hard. I know I wouldn't want to put my life on hold for 7 years to do the right thing,
She did clarify that she knew the boyfriend for 2 years before moving in. Even so, with boys it's not a good option.
Even a newbie saw that one coming, but a little tough love was definately in order.
The middle school years are the toughest. If you lose a kid in these years the potential for disaster in high school and beyond is huge. However, if you keep them on track and focused and positve through these years, the high school years will likely be pretty good.
Good luck to both the mother and son.
Her ex is an idiot. If he had a pair and set some rules for his son, the kid wouldn't act like the spawn of the devil and less yelling would be necessary.
Ditto! Like I said,she and her X need to put their differences aside to at least co parent their son and stay on the same page. Consistency and stability are everything with children!
It really bugged me how she kept saying her son was the problem. Kids act how they act for a reason.
My parents were divorced. They didn't really co-parent but they had always been on the same page when they were together and stayed there when they split (even if they barely talked). My mom started dating when I was 12 (I already knew the guy, it's a small town). She did not marry him until I left for college so the only way my life was affected was when I went home on break. And my step-father has never once the entire time I have known him tried to be involved in disciplining me.