Hi All.....well I very reluctantly separated from my wife a few months ago and I just want some advice on how to behave when I get my daughter for visits.
Me and my wife had different parenting styles that led to the breakdown of our marriage. I liked to give our kids boundaries ref bedtimes , limiting times on I pads not having phones at the dinner table blah blah blah and she was the total opposite letting them please themselves.
This affected the relationship I had had with my 3 young kids 2 boys and 1 girl because I was always seen as the horrible one if you get my drift.
Anyway fast forward a few months, when I have the 2 young boys over they are fine and we are getting on better than ever. They realise its Dads rules in his new gaff and they respect it.....far less tantrums than before
However I don't see my daughter as much as she only likes to come over when the boys are not there. Shes obviously a bit more grown up and likes to do her own thing.
Anyway to the point during the very few times she has came round or we have gone to dinner she is constantly and I mean CONSTANTLY tapping away on her I phone on facebook , messenger etc.
Inside my heart I am gutted as the little time she sees me she is on that bloody thing it drives me mad. But so far I have said nothing and just let it ride as I don't want to lose her.
How the hell is a separated Dad supposed to deal with a nearly young teenager who is used to living her life this way.
It was kind of unlimited techno fest that drove me and mum apart.
Can anyone help me???xx