I'm taking my son (8 yrs old) w/ me on a visit. He was really close w/ SO's kids before she moved away. He's been asking to go see them for a long time and is excited.
SO told me she had to ground all of her kids (ages 8-15) for various infractions like skipping school, lying, not doing homework, throwing tantrums, etc. Apparently the last week, her kids have had a period of really stepping out of line! Which happens. Kids do that sometimes. They're great kids overall and I really enjoyed being around them before she moved away.
My son is a little bummed because I told him they are on no video games restrictions, etc. SO mentioned just me, her, and my son going to do something to hammer home to her kids that she means business. Not sure how I feel about that. They're her kids, she's in charge of them, but at the same time, I care about and miss her kids too and definitely don't want them to feel their mom is ignoring them for me, etc. I might grab some board games to throw in the car and have them handy. Group things to do that still respect SO's discipline for her kids.
The joys of relationships between divorced people. I'm sure it will come off fine this weekend. We'll figure something out.
I'm going back solo next weekend. SO has been saying she wants to figure out a way to have some alone time w/ me for a few days. Part of me wishes her kids had chosen next week to act up so she could ground them next weekend instead of this one! Would have made it easier visiting w/ my son this weekend! Oh well.
SO told me she had to ground all of her kids (ages 8-15) for various infractions like skipping school, lying, not doing homework, throwing tantrums, etc. Apparently the last week, her kids have had a period of really stepping out of line! Which happens. Kids do that sometimes. They're great kids overall and I really enjoyed being around them before she moved away.
My son is a little bummed because I told him they are on no video games restrictions, etc. SO mentioned just me, her, and my son going to do something to hammer home to her kids that she means business. Not sure how I feel about that. They're her kids, she's in charge of them, but at the same time, I care about and miss her kids too and definitely don't want them to feel their mom is ignoring them for me, etc. I might grab some board games to throw in the car and have them handy. Group things to do that still respect SO's discipline for her kids.
The joys of relationships between divorced people. I'm sure it will come off fine this weekend. We'll figure something out.
I'm going back solo next weekend. SO has been saying she wants to figure out a way to have some alone time w/ me for a few days. Part of me wishes her kids had chosen next week to act up so she could ground them next weekend instead of this one! Would have made it easier visiting w/ my son this weekend! Oh well.
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