Who should have control of the TV and when?

[Bumblebee87]

I genuinely don't know the answer to this.

DSS(8) is here for the half term. It's my half term too as I'm a teacher.

I got up, put this morning on (it's a bit sad, but I love watching this morning when I'm off).

DSS comes in, sits down for a bit and seems happy. He then asks his dad if he can watch CBBC. His dad says he'll have to ask 'the boss, not that we should have to'. (I'm not sure what he meant by this, whether or not it was meant to be a joke) I feel obliged to says yes, so I do.

I just don't know how it's meant to work.

I think I just don't like the way things are handled. DSS will ask his dad, and I just feel like I can't say no, because DSS is a child, and I'm an adult.

I do find half terms hard when dss is here. I do love him, but I crave my half terms for time to myself, and I don't get that anymore.

Yeah, that's the rub, Disney Dad will overlook all kinds of bad behaviour, selfishness or lack of respect, just in case a) the DC doesn't want to visit and he's not number one dad, or b) the DC's mother gets p**d off and blocks access! I've seen this over and over with friends and relatives situations (not to mention my own). Either way, it makes for a fraught household and eventually, immature young adults who think the world owes them a living!