50/50 custody
By phoenix79
@phoenix79 (302)
United States
March 24, 2009 10:09am CST
I have not been with the father of my 5 year old since she was born. We each have 50 percent of the custody. We live near each other and she spends one week with her father and the next week she is back with me. The most interesting part of this is that her father is Hispanic and I am American. For one week she speaks nothing but Spanish and the next she speaks nothing but English. Now her father wants to move back to his home country. She has just gotten adjusted to speaking both languages. How can I help her keep up her Spanish after her father leaves?
2 responses
@pentaluda0878 (118)
• United States
24 Mar 09
Well do you speak any? does she have other family here on her fathers side? heck do you get a spanish channel on your tv? it shouldn't be to hard, by far it will be much harder for her not to see her father often. you could even go so far as to let her teach you the language. good luck. I have 50/50 custody of my kids and it does have it's perks.
@phoenix79 (302)
• United States
24 Mar 09
I love the arrangement now that I am use to it. It took Anna awhile to get use to it too. I hate seeing him leave now when he is getting so close to Anna again. There had been a time ealier that he did not know where we were. Well to make things fair we did not know where he was either.
@momoftwo (94)
• United States
24 Mar 09
WOW.... that's going to be tough for the two of you. There is probably spanish groups for kids that maybe she could join. If she has any friends that she played with at her dads's, maybe you could set up some play dates with them. Another thought is to have her make a audio tape for her dad two or three times a week and send to him. You could get skype so she can see and talk with him anytime she wants. That would be cool.
Regardless, you sound like a great mom if you are already thinking of this before her father leaves.
Best of luck to you... God Bless
