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Posted by capgirl69
We have 50/50 custody, a week at a time each. Although I do see my son every Wednesday night regardless of if its my week, and all summer I have him during the day every day since I don't work.
I grew up without my biological father and it hurt me, even though I was raised and adopted by my stepfather.
I think children need both their parents and all their family members in their lives. It's important to me that my son knows his dad, his grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. We see them pretty often.
Posted by WaterCupPosted by Sutekh
Children need both parents around, even if both parents aren't together.
Men without fathers=recipe for disaster on all levels.
& how should parents do that, both be in their kid/s lives with separate lives? And do you really believe you last part? Why?click to expand
Posted by TasteOfChaossPosted by WaterCupPosted by TasteOfChaossPosted by WaterCupPosted by TasteOfChaoss
I think it should be 50/50. One week with Mum and one week with Dad.
I hate women who use the kids against the father just because they has a shitty breakup.
My brothers ex wife did that when they first separated. Nowadays, the tables have turned... She has since become a disgrace and now my brother has the boys full timeHe lets her see them whenever she wants, but the arrangement before hand was that he only got them every second weekend and one day the other week.
if you dont mind me asking what did she do to lose custody of her kids and is your brother raising them alone? In case of gender, do you think it matters which parent raises the kid/s? I'm asking this because i think it would be quite a task for a man to raise a girl child on his own because there are some things I dont think he'll be able to explain to her, or even understand himself. In a case like this I think its fair for the mom to be given the rights of raising her daughter. When it comes to women raising boys its a confusing one because either it works or it doesnt. I guess this one requires a really strong person to pull up because most single mothers complain a lot about raising boys than girls.
She met a deadbeat loser and developed a serious meth addiction. She hasn't officially lost custody, it's not by law...she lost her job her house and then dumped her kids at her sisters house and is now living with her meth head mates. :/ My brother said if she causes him any hassle, he will go to the courts and make it legal.
The kids are old enough to know what she has done and is pretty angry about it, they don't want to live with her and are really happy living with their dad.
As far as gender roles, I get your point about a girl does need a motherly figure during that awkward stage... but I still believe both parents should have 50/50 custody.
lol @ meth head mates. Thats sad. How old are they?
Yeah it sucks![]()
They're almost 11 and 13, both Geminis
The oclick to expand
Posted by WaterCupPosted by capgirl69
We have 50/50 custody, a week at a time each. Although I do see my son every Wednesday night regardless of if its my week, and all summer I have him during the day every day since I don't work.
I grew up without my biological father and it hurt me, even though I was raised and adopted by my stepfather.
I think children need both their parents and all their family members in their lives. It's important to me that my son knows his dad, his grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. We see them pretty often.
+1 and nice arrangement you got there with the ex. Was it a mutual agreement or the court's?click to expand
Posted by xygenerationPosted by WaterCupPosted by xygeneration
There was a study on female mice. Some females ate their newborns while other females cared for its offsprings. Study found that not all females have that natural maternal instinct.
majority rules. What was the percentage of those who ate?
Ill post it if I find the article.
True but you cant ignore the small percentage. Point is not all female mice had it.click to expand
Posted by capgirl69
I don't know that I buy into the whole women are more maternal than men.
My sons father (Gemini) is not a very nurturing person. Before we split up, he never really did much with our son. But since we split up, and he has to take care of the boy, he really has learned and is getting better. He might not win any awards for father of the year, but he's around in our sons life and our son does love him.
By contrast, my Scorp doesn't have any children of his own, but he is very protective and attentive with my son. He looks at what my son has on, will tell him if there's a hole in his shirt, or when my son comes out of the bathroom, he will ask him if he's washed his hands, stuff like that. Granted, my son is 9, but really he watches over him.
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