Hello, first post.
I must add, I'm posting for the benefit of one of my own parents, about my sister.
She's 13, lives with her mum. She's the youngest of 3 to my dad and youngest of 4 for her mum, has no siblings with less than a 9 year age gap. She is rude, badly behaved, her attitude is appalling. My dad never did the teen parenting thing as he wasn't around when I was her age.
She wants for nothing yet is claiming depression, she is currently on report at school for swearing at a nun, but is confiding in one teacher who is in touch with my dad over the phone.
Her sister has recently moved back home with her boyfriend and 3 children so her living conditions are cramped to say the least. The kids go into her room and take her things and break them and recently caused her to burn herself on the cooker which resulted in her swearing and being threatened by sisters bf.
She wants to live with dad but he lives 3 hours ago and I doubt he could cope with her full time. He is going to bring her to him for 3 weeks over the school holidays. She doesn't like sharing dad's attention - if he brings her to my house she is sullen and unresponsive which drives me insane.
Being born in 2003 my dad doesn't have parental responsibility despite being on her birth certificate but seems prepared to go to court to move her in with him.
Advice?! I'm sick of trying to help my dad parent when I only have a weekend bonus child!
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Drybonesthatdream · 16/06/2017 12:44
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