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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 437065" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>With cgfg who half-does her school work, sorta, and has her switchblade and God knows what else, and two parents who largely don't notice or don't care, one of which lives in my house? And a husband, who, if asked, will probably tell them "she just needs to be harder on him" (he says he doesn't think that, but sit back and watch him deal with Wee...its all after the fact, punishment based stuff like school tries to use that we know doesn't work instead of proactive prevention...so I just make darn sure I'm the one with Wee all the time), and who can't live without a tv? And if I'm <em>not</em> around, will watch whatever the heck he wants, whether Wee should be watching it or not? And his entire family who will agree that I'm the problem cause <em>they</em> don't have problems with Wee. Course, then there's the cousin who smokes pot while mom doesn't care, and sister who lives in a trailer behind his mom's house cause she can't support herself, with her DWI's, and then there's the in-laws, the hoarders.</p><p></p><p>The ex-in-law's are all upstanding folks. No one smokes pot or lives off their parents at 45. But I'm not <em>tied</em> to those people. I'm tied to the whackjobs.</p><p></p><p>I'm afraid an outsider will look at this mess and go..."Well, THERE's the kid's problem..." Despite the fact that I keep the kid as far away from all those loony tunes as possible (and I don't keep him from husband, but I darn sure limit the parenting opportunities).</p><p></p><p>Sometimes I think it would be better if we kept separate addresses til the kids were gone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 437065, member: 1848"] With cgfg who half-does her school work, sorta, and has her switchblade and God knows what else, and two parents who largely don't notice or don't care, one of which lives in my house? And a husband, who, if asked, will probably tell them "she just needs to be harder on him" (he says he doesn't think that, but sit back and watch him deal with Wee...its all after the fact, punishment based stuff like school tries to use that we know doesn't work instead of proactive prevention...so I just make darn sure I'm the one with Wee all the time), and who can't live without a tv? And if I'm [I]not[/I] around, will watch whatever the heck he wants, whether Wee should be watching it or not? And his entire family who will agree that I'm the problem cause [I]they[/I] don't have problems with Wee. Course, then there's the cousin who smokes pot while mom doesn't care, and sister who lives in a trailer behind his mom's house cause she can't support herself, with her DWI's, and then there's the in-laws, the hoarders. The ex-in-law's are all upstanding folks. No one smokes pot or lives off their parents at 45. But I'm not [I]tied[/I] to those people. I'm tied to the whackjobs. I'm afraid an outsider will look at this mess and go..."Well, THERE's the kid's problem..." Despite the fact that I keep the kid as far away from all those loony tunes as possible (and I don't keep him from husband, but I darn sure limit the parenting opportunities). Sometimes I think it would be better if we kept separate addresses til the kids were gone. [/QUOTE]
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