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Any of you out there dealing with PAS? If so how do you handle it? My BF and I are going through this with his two kids and its heartbreaking to watch. He was suppose to have the kids Friday so he went and picked them up and took SS5 to his softball game. BM showed up to the game and at the end of the game both SS5 and SD3 wanted to leave with BM. SS5 told BM in front of BF that he didnt want to go with BF he wanted to go with her because he hates his dad/our house. So needless to say he let the kids go with BM and she said she would drop the kids of Saturday monring.
Parenting is never easy, but when you have a blended familywith bio-kids and stepkids, your spouse’s ex, and other extended family members thrown into the mix—things can get very difficult very quickly. We receive questions every week in Empowering Parents from readers who ask: “How can I discipline my stepkids effectively and get their respect?
First of all let me say that I hope this is a place where I can vent about DH getting on my nerves as well as SS. We had this huge argument because I went to my cousin's birthday party. Every time I go out he calls me 50 million times and wants to pop up where ever I am. When he leaves the house I could care less about where he is or what he is doing. It was so intense that I told him I wanted a divorce. We argued for about 3 1/2 hrs until I finally needed to go to sleep. I'm not sure if he thought I was joking because he had been drinking but I was dead serious.
AND took another weekend vistitation.
That makes 5 visits since the new court order dated Sept 2009. This order explicitly told her to stop alienating DH and SD. Plus she signed an agreement that she fully understood this and would not schedule events on DH's weekends.
Well now to court we go........... New documentation for this weekend was sent to the lawyer.
I want to see just how she reacts when she gets this contempt order and has to explain to the judge this information.
SS13 started going a few months ago because he and BM were/are not getting a long. SS13 will loose his temper with her and they (SS13 and BM) have gotten into physical fights in the past. SS13 is able to control his temper when he is with DH and me.
SS8 started going to the same counselor a month ago because his teacher felt he was displaying symptoms of ADD or ADHD. DH, BM and SS8’s teacher all completed a behavioral analysis and returned them to the counselor. The counselor has met with SS8 a few times and she feels he is NOT ADD or ADHD!
We were granted full custody Apr. 8th, but we decided to let SS[almost 6] stay in the school he's in with a great special ed teacher- for the last 6 weeks and he will reside with us starting June 3rd.
BM knows the teacher was set to testify against her in court, although it wasn't necessary and the teacher didn't.
When I first met DH, SS8 at the time loathed me. He would call me names of DH's ex's to irritate me and he would constantly act like he couldn't remember my name...like I wasn't worth him making the effort to acknowledge.
I asked BF last night if me not having a good, close relationship with SD is a deal breaker and he said it is a deal breaker...thoughts?
I think it is wrong, but understand his perspective. He asked me why I'd want to be with someone whose child you didn't have a good relationship with, and that "children are eternal." I said that well, kids do move out and then you're main relationship is with your spouse. He said yes, but he didn't want awkward holidays, etc.
My husband and I have been married for 6 months now. I have some feelings that are driving me nuts and it is to the point that it is causing us problems and I have got to find a way to deal with them. My problem is that I feel his ex-wife has no boundaries. My husband has his daughters every Friday and every other week-end.
This has nothing to do with step parenting but i just wanted to see if anyone feels the same as me.
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