I posted about this recently, my daughter is almost 12 she has always been quite sweet bit and just gone with the flow but since her period she is having outbursts. Her dad and his partner cannot cope at all as they have an 8 year old too.
My daughter’s behaviour is worse there and she told me she is not sleeping over anymore because her dad is lazy won’t do anything and it causes lots of arguments and she has had enough. Now he is acting like I am not allowing it, he is taking her out today and he said he can arrange to do things but at her age and I cannot force her. She digs her heels in and point blank refuses. She has stayed there no problem for 10 years. He won’t respond to my messages (which in a way i am glad) because all he has done for 10 years is belittle my parenting and I will be glad when I barely have to speak to him.
He is also controlling and she has to stick to
routines there, I will often drop her off to see her friend last minute etc. He tried to take her to
soft play then he had melt down when she wouldn’t go. I said you don’t see many kids with boobs running around soft play. He caters more to the 8 year old and doesn’t really do what she enjoys. I feel a bit guilty but then he didn’t feel guilty when he moved a new woman in 3 months after I left. I really do think the atmosphere in that home is causing a lot of my daughter’s bad moods. Am I right to say she does not want to sleep over but you can see her anytime.