I am by no means the parenting expert here but I am quite firm with dd as she is willful and has a strong personality. I've also been a single mum for ages and I have no time to mess around as I'm busy.
Do is a love my, kind gentle dad who dotes on his dd. His ex cheated and he was devastated when they split up but luckily he sees his dd a lot.
His dd is much more chilled and passive than mine so dosnt need firm parenting.
Trouble is like many guilt ridden non resident parents, a fair bit of mollycoddling goes on.
Eg.. If dad gets a tiny cut I will kiss it better and say.. Never mind and let it heal in the air. If his dd does the same its loads of hugs etc. This is lovely but dd sees the difference and gets jealous. She then takes it out on his dad.
Do is very kind to my dad and spoils her rotten.
I just feel like my dd is the ' bad' one as she has not been so accepting of dp and I whereas his dd has been. To be fair she loves him now but her behaviour was awfull at first.
We are not meeting with the kids for a few weeks to give them space.
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malificent7 · 03/07/2018 11:25
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