Parenting After Divorce

Tweet

I have a ten year old "tween" daughter from my first marriage. My ex and I have not been together for 7 years. It seems that as she gets older, she has more of a difficult time adjusting to coming home from visits and vacations with her Daddy and his family. She is a bit more sassy, and has more attitude. I know that this is difficult for her, even after all of these years. She was really too young to remember what we were like as a family. But there is still a part of her that wishes her Mama and Daddy were still together. Don't get me wrong, she loves her stepmom and her stepdad. She is very close to her stepdad, and he is more of a father figure to her than her own Dad. If she had it her way, we would all live in a great big house, together! I am just curious if anyone else has dealt with this. How do you handle it? I try and be patient, and discuss things with her...just wish I knew how to deal with this.