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August 13, 2005, 5:55 pm PDT

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I am the mother of three children, 17,15 & 12. While the youngest lives with me, the older two live with thier father. he allows them to smoke pot in the house (whether he is home or not). I'm afraid my youngest will want to join them and thier friends. Calling child protective services seems to be my only option, but I'm not sure that will help our relationship. When I told my ex I planned on drug testing my youngest when she came home, he told her to drink lots of water to flush her system out. Any suggestions 

I would not allow my kids to go their.  I would take the other two and have them live me.  I would tell your X how you feel on this.  And tell him what you are thinking of doing, I don't care if it would wreck your relationship with your X or not. Think of your kids. 
 
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January 31, 2006, 4:43 pm PST

Co-Parenting

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I am the mother of three children, 17,15 & 12. While the youngest lives with me, the older two live with thier father. he allows them to smoke pot in the house (whether he is home or not). I'm afraid my youngest will want to join them and thier friends. Calling child protective services seems to be my only option, but I'm not sure that will help our relationship. When I told my ex I planned on drug testing my youngest when she came home, he told her to drink lots of water to flush her system out. Any suggestions 

          I DON'T BELIEVE YOU SHOULD CALL SOCIAL SERVICES. I PERSONALLY THINK IF YOU DO YOUR CHILDREN WILL REBEL EVEN MORE. I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRAZY BUT SIT DOWN AND HAVE A  'POT' TALK. HAVE YOU EVER SMOKED? DID YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO DID? WHAT  HAVE YOU SEEN HAPPEN TO LONG TERM POTHEADS? TELL THEM!!!!!!!!! I SMOKED POT IN HIGH SCHOOL AND LUCKILY I WAS SMART ENOUGH NOT TO LET IT HENDER MY LIFE, UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE I KNEW. BE MOM AND SAY NOT IN MY HOUSE, NO RED EYES AROUND ME AND IF YOU SEE RED EYES OR SMELL POT SMOKE ON THEM, CONFRONT THEM AND TELL THEM YOU DON'T APPRECIATE THEM DOING THAT AROUND YOU. JUST MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THEM ON TRACK. SCHOOL,SPORTS(THAT DRUG TEST) , WORK, COLLEGE. THE MORE INVOLVED YOU ARE THE LESS TIME THEY HAVE TO SMOKE POT.AND TALK TO 'DAD' AND ASK IF HE WANTS HIS CHILDREN TO WALK IN HIS SHOES THROUGH LIFE, OR IF HE WANTS THEM TO HAVE BETTER. I KNOW I WANT MY CHILDREN TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE THAN I LED. MOST PARENTS DO.   GOOD-LUCK! 

 
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June 7, 2006, 2:21 pm PDT

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I am the mother of three children, 17,15 & 12. While the youngest lives with me, the older two live with thier father. he allows them to smoke pot in the house (whether he is home or not). I'm afraid my youngest will want to join them and thier friends. Calling child protective services seems to be my only option, but I'm not sure that will help our relationship. When I told my ex I planned on drug testing my youngest when she came home, he told her to drink lots of water to flush her system out. Any suggestions 

 Call CPS.... file a complaint... and you kids will be interviewed.. by a CPS agent... they will either lie, or cop a 'tude and say "no big deal"... lets hope for the latter. 

  

 Yeah, your going to be hated... despised... called a nark... but deep down.. they will know they are protected and loved.... and when they are 25 or 30.. they're going to say "Mom, you were right" . 

  

I know... my ex attacked my 6 year old... I believed him when no else wanted to because it was too hard.. too sticky,  too "out of character" and it was my 6 year old word against his fathers.. who of course.. Minimized the incident to a tap on the head and name call..  HA !   No one would believe my child. and they were just too scared, or considered it too upsetting and  painful to do anything about it.   My son knows I love him, I protect him and I will go to the wall for him... I am his MOM...and boy... you better believe my ex walks on eggshells...and for good reason now.  

No one hurts my son and gets away with it.  

  

Defend your children.  

 


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