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myLot reputation of 79/100. SageMother (2093) 6 years ago

I have been watching a friend of mine struggle with her finalized divorce and custody issues.

When going through the divorce she felt so remorseful and was so afraid of making the husband angry that she agreed to shared custody, which is something I woul dhave never done. I didn't offer and opinion because its not my place to.

Now, she has all this split time and so much uncomfortabel contact with the ex-husband that it is worse than when they were married. She is still incapable of standing up to him, and the kid is walking all over her because he can push that "well when I am at dad's" button and have his way.

She asked me, which was probably a mistake because I tend to be blunt, how she could make things better. I told her to either give the husband full custody or go back to court and sue for full custody, and that her suing would probably be better because she has few skills to use to make money for child support. Yes, she would have to pay him child support.

What do you think you would have told her if she had asked you?

 

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1. myLot reputation of 95/100. missyd79 (2874)   6 years ago

that she needs to either get full custody or needs to grow a backbone and help out with the disipline. i have full custody of my son and he goes to his father's every other weekend. my son tried doing that "well daddy let's me do this" and i told my ex husband either he needs to start disiplining our son like i do ir i will go back to the court and get supervised visits. even though we are not together we are still a team that needs to raise this little boy. well he straightened up real fast.

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2. myLot reputation of 97/100. polachicago (8508)   6 years ago

Kids need mother and father. If father is abusive, different story, but if is not, kids need him. I wouldn't take my kids away from father. She has to learn how to stand up to her ex.

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3. myLot reputation of 89/100. cremechese (4490)   6 years ago

I always feel lucky my exhusband and I didn't go through these kinds of difficulties. Split time is insane to me. Visiting is one thing and shared custody another. If this were a good friend and she asked for my advice, I'd tell her to go back to court for full custody in order to get child support. This kid is going to be playing these two against eachother every chance he gets. If the dad is mad, so be it. It's not like telling the guy he can't see the child.

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4. myLot reputation of 85/100. snoopypoos (150)   5 years ago

i think they both need to grow up as my wife moved away with my daughter and didnt tell me where they moved to and i have searched for nearly three years for them.
by chance found out where they were living and also told that my ex wife had died and the uncle was caring for daughter.no one told me, been accused of physical abuse.
i am now going through court to try and get some contact.
they need to work something out as all kids need both parents and the only one that loses out is the child, please bear that in mind as i am talking from personal experience.


myLot reputation of 79/100. SageMother (2093)  5 years ago

It is usually the excluded parent that feels a child needs both parents and that is understandable. Most of the need for both parents stems from the financial aspects of modern society and the sense of entitlement that engenders in the noncustodial parent.

When I look at nature, though, many mammals are actually cared for by only the females, if in a herd situation. The one male isn't involved with child rearing.

The need for both parents will be debated forever, but I do know that , for my family, it was best that only one parent was involved with child rearing. One head of household, one set of rules, not competition, no sharing power.

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5. myLot reputation of 85/100. snoopypoos (150)   5 years ago

i think they should both grow up, as i have found out.
my wife moved with my daughter and didnt tell me where she moved to and i searched for nearly three years and by chance found out where they were. but to also be told that my ex wife had died and the unbcle was caring for my daughter.
i am now going through the court to try and get some contact with my daughter.
so i think from personal expereince that kids need both parents and i also think they should work something out as the only ones that miss out are the children, please bear that in my mind

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