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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 388588" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Donna is very right. Katie is under a HUGE amount of stress and if my memory is correct she has some health issues already. If she doesn't have health issues from before she met this guy/had kids/etc... she sure is on the road to some serious ones. For one thing the way her migraines behave makes me think they are likely related to very high blood pressure. Even if it is not high for everyone it may be high for what her body can handle. For about a decade I could tell you if my blood pressure went over 108/60 on the top number because I would have a raging migraine each time. </p><p> </p><p>Has katie thought about what would happen to the kids if she were in the hospital or worse happened? I bet that her husband would try to run so the kids wouldn't be taken away, but he would have no real clue how to raise them so it would fall to Kayla. I am sure that your family would step in to help raise the kids IF her husband was out of the picture (and it was at all possible), but with him in the picture they will be largely on their own. NOT because you would refuse to help unless he left them, but because he would make it totally impossible for you to help in the ways that would really need to be handled. </p><p> </p><p>While this isn't fun to think about, it is something that you and easy child and nichole need to discuss, and then talk about iwth katie when the time is right for it. It is so hard to hear about her struggles when we know her husband is making them all so much worse and so much more difficult to solve. </p><p> </p><p>It is going to take thinking about ALL of this for her to allow herself to make the big changes. She probably knows she is going to have a struggle to get rid of him because he knows she is his meal ticket, even if those meals are very limited. He sure seems like the type to stay on the porch crying and hollering all night or for days at a time. </p><p> </p><p>Is there any sign of him getting violent with her or the kids? Esp if he is thwarted when he wants to buy something? There was also the photo of Kayla that had you very worried. Are there any signs of that type of abuse? A guy with such low intelligence could easily be talked into almost anything, esp if the other person treated him like he is the tough guy he wants to think he is. So it would not be hard for a predator to befriend him and then come and hurt the kids while katie is working or out doing something. </p><p> </p><p>You are doing a great job as a loving Nana to the kids, and an awesome mom to katie. I am glad it looks like she has really matured and is a great mom. I hope she can find the strength and willpower to make the break with her husband. Are they legally married or just common law married? It makes a difference in some states.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 388588, member: 1233"] Donna is very right. Katie is under a HUGE amount of stress and if my memory is correct she has some health issues already. If she doesn't have health issues from before she met this guy/had kids/etc... she sure is on the road to some serious ones. For one thing the way her migraines behave makes me think they are likely related to very high blood pressure. Even if it is not high for everyone it may be high for what her body can handle. For about a decade I could tell you if my blood pressure went over 108/60 on the top number because I would have a raging migraine each time. Has katie thought about what would happen to the kids if she were in the hospital or worse happened? I bet that her husband would try to run so the kids wouldn't be taken away, but he would have no real clue how to raise them so it would fall to Kayla. I am sure that your family would step in to help raise the kids IF her husband was out of the picture (and it was at all possible), but with him in the picture they will be largely on their own. NOT because you would refuse to help unless he left them, but because he would make it totally impossible for you to help in the ways that would really need to be handled. While this isn't fun to think about, it is something that you and easy child and nichole need to discuss, and then talk about iwth katie when the time is right for it. It is so hard to hear about her struggles when we know her husband is making them all so much worse and so much more difficult to solve. It is going to take thinking about ALL of this for her to allow herself to make the big changes. She probably knows she is going to have a struggle to get rid of him because he knows she is his meal ticket, even if those meals are very limited. He sure seems like the type to stay on the porch crying and hollering all night or for days at a time. Is there any sign of him getting violent with her or the kids? Esp if he is thwarted when he wants to buy something? There was also the photo of Kayla that had you very worried. Are there any signs of that type of abuse? A guy with such low intelligence could easily be talked into almost anything, esp if the other person treated him like he is the tough guy he wants to think he is. So it would not be hard for a predator to befriend him and then come and hurt the kids while katie is working or out doing something. You are doing a great job as a loving Nana to the kids, and an awesome mom to katie. I am glad it looks like she has really matured and is a great mom. I hope she can find the strength and willpower to make the break with her husband. Are they legally married or just common law married? It makes a difference in some states. [/QUOTE]
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