Step-Parenting

Chasey_Lane

Salt Life
I disagree with you here. I don't think they need to get the ex involved. Think about how she'll react when her husband tells her how to raise her kids. Ideally, the parents would want to be on the same page with parenting styles, but that's probably not going to happen. The child will learn what the rules are at each house.
And what if the ex is saying "you don't have to listen to her, she's not your mom, etc."

IMO, both parents should be involved. If a child gets in trouble at one parent's house, the punishment should continue at the other parent's house. There should be no flip-flopping back and fourth. My brother did this and because my mom and her ex-husband didn't talk, neither ever knew what was going on.
 

charlesctygal

New Member
Mother does the same thing as husband. both give the child whatever she wants. And yes, child has come home saying her mommy told her to be mean to me, or told her to not listen to me. But still, husband does not seem to care. he does not want to mention it to ex, because he says I need to deal with it. Whatever!
 

Tina2001aniT

New Member
I can't believe that we are 7 pages into this thread and nobody has mentioned the fact that kid is 4.5 and you have been dating dad for 4 years?? So, you have been in the picture since kid was 6 months old?? :confused:
So, said kid should bever remember life without you, you should be a fixture in kid's life. I do not understand how now you can have a problem with the way the kid was/is being raised, you have been there the whole time watching it unfold??
 

charlesctygal

New Member
Its just getting worse over the years. I always thought things would get better, like you said, I have been a fixture in the child's life. I was wrong! I think it is her mom putting stuff into her head, and dad not wanting to be a displinary parent. I am the only one who wants this kid to have some rules, I was raised where we had to use our manners, respect others, but then again, my parents were married and have been married forever. This little girl is 4.5, but has not ground rules. Husband gets mad sometimes when i try to tell child what to do. I tell him she is going to grow up just like his sister he cannot stand who, now in her 30's, still gets whatever she wants from mom and dad, and relies upon everyone else to do things for her. i am not trying to in any way be mean be to this kid, but all I want is some ground rules, and husband just thinks because kid has two homes, we will never be able to have set rules. I disagree and all it is is getting worse. The past 6 months has been awful.
 

charlesctygal

New Member
Before we got married, he lived at his own place, and I just felt I should let him raise his kid the way he wanted to. I would say things here and there, and sometimes he would listen, sometimes not. But I felt as if I were interfering in some way. Now we live together and are married, and now I wish I would have done more before hand, or wish I would have thought a whole lot harder. Never, ever though things would be getting so much worse. It causes a great deal of arguments quite often as it gets worse.
 

Tina2001aniT

New Member
Before we got married, he lived at his own place, and I just felt I should let him raise his kid the way he wanted to. I would say things here and there, and sometimes he would listen, sometimes not. But I felt as if I were interfering in some way. Now we live together and are married, and now I wish I would have done more before hand, or wish I would have thought a whole lot harder. Never, ever though things would be getting so much worse. It causes a great deal of arguments quite often as it gets worse.

Get out of there and get out quick. We have 3 kids, two are his and 1 is mine. All of the children know that whatever any of us says goes. Period.

Blending a family with children is VERY hard even in ideal situations.
 

latinamomma

Transam's wife
Before we got married, he lived at his own place, and I just felt I should let him raise his kid the way he wanted to. I would say things here and there, and sometimes he would listen, sometimes not. But I felt as if I were interfering in some way. Now we live together and are married, and now I wish I would have done more before hand, or wish I would have thought a whole lot harder. Never, ever though things would be getting so much worse. It causes a great deal of arguments quite often as it gets worse.
Sounds like you and yours could use a little family therapy. the child is 4.5 years old and should not under any conditions be running the house hold!! Your husband needs to stop catering to this child and stand up and be a father! If it kept getting worse, then why did you marry him? Your family needs therapy...find some way to bring this up to your husband. Talk to him and tell him what is going on with you. If it doesn't get better, then you may have to move out and file for divorce. I wish ya the best.
 

vraiblonde

Board Mommy
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I am the only one who wants this kid to have some rules

And guess what? You're not her parent. Not to mention you're outvoted 3 to 1 (including the grandmother). So that's it - you lose and the kid will have no rules.

So your choices are to live with it, or not. That's pretty much it, as far as I can see.
 

Cowgirl

Well-Known Member
And what if the ex is saying "you don't have to listen to her, she's not your mom, etc."

IMO, both parents should be involved. If a child gets in trouble at one parent's house, the punishment should continue at the other parent's house. There should be no flip-flopping back and fourth. My brother did this and because my mom and her ex-husband didn't talk, neither ever knew what was going on.

I agree that it's best for the child if both parents have the same rules at each house. But I don't think it's going to go well if Daddy tells Mommy she has to parent his way. She's going to get all defensive. :shrug:

If Mommy is telling the child to act bratty towards the stepmom, Dad should step up and say, "My house, my rules. You need to listen to your stepmother." :shrug: Kids can learn different rules at different houses. Is it ideal? No, but it works.
 

vraiblonde

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If Mommy is telling the child to act bratty towards the stepmom, Dad should step up and say, "My house, my rules. You need to listen to your stepmother."

He's already said he's not going to do that. He has also told her that she needs to deal with it.

So can we stop saying what the Dad *should* do? Because he's not going to do that. And stop suggesting family counseling because nobody involved except for step-mom thinks there's a problem, so I doubt they'll go to counseling.

Hasn't anyone actually read her posts? :confused:
 

Cowgirl

Well-Known Member
He's already said he's not going to do that. He has also told her that she needs to deal with it.

So can we stop saying what the Dad *should* do? Because he's not going to do that. And stop suggesting family counseling because nobody involved except for step-mom thinks there's a problem, so I doubt they'll go to counseling.

Hasn't anyone actually read her posts? :confused:

I was just explaining to Chasey why I didn't think the ex should be brought into it. :shrug:

Charlesctygal came on here asking for advice. We're just giving it. :shrug:
 

vraiblonde

Board Mommy
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Women are dumb, anyway. They'll just marry any old guy, regardless of his glaring flaws or how incompatible they are for each other. That's why I can never figure out these guys who complain they can't find a woman, when all these gals just take the first guy who comes down the pike.
 

onebdzee

off the shelf
Women are dumb, anyway. They'll just marry any old guy, regardless of his glaring flaws or how incompatible they are for each other. That's why I can never figure out these guys who complain they can't find a woman, when all these gals just take the first guy who comes down the pike.

OK....that made me laugh
 

poster

New Member
I have a semi-related question. When parents divorce and one parent controlls and influences the child against the other parent are there any possible legal avenues for the affected party?
 
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