When I got home from work yesterday, DH was telling me about his friend that is recently separated. DH went over his house after work yesterday. He said that all four kids (ages 3-12) had their faces in screens. They had every expensive game system and the house was a wreck.

He said he had a conversation with the guy about actually parenting his kids and not turning into a Disney dad. He told the guy that he used to be a Disney Dad when he first got divorced and it took him awhile to get out of it.

I'm listening to this and I say, well SD needs some parenting. She skipped school again. I checked her grades today and they are in the toilet. She is lying to us and manipulating you. DH agreed but nothing else was said.

A few hours later he was talking about going to see Star Wars this weekend. I told him if he doesn't already have tickets, he's probably out of luck. I said that he should look online and buy a ticket for himself and SS because SS has been well behaved this weekend and just got and A on a test. I said they could have some guy time together.

DH agrees and says he's going to get SD a ticket too. I told him no he isn't. She is skipping school, lying and failing. She is getting no extras in this house. He just grumbled and walked away.

USED to be a Disney Dad my ass.