Wednesday, 19 September 2018

When do you trust your child’s opinion on living arrangements?


My 6 yo has been complaining recently about how much she hates her dads house.He hurts her feelings with the way he speaks to her, he makes her feel dumb because he yells so much, she thinks her step mom is always mad at her because she moves too slowly, etc. in the past she’s said things to me about how she’s feeling there and I’ve brought it up to him (she was afraid he’d be mad), and he’s immediately asked her about it when she got home so she no longer wants me to talk to him about things that might make him upset. Its all things I know happen because I’ve seen it/heard it on the phone/etc so she isn’t making it up.Because of these things, she doesn’t want to go there. She asked to change the custody arrangement twice now, most recently to just live here.That being said; she’s young. A custody change right now will be life changing. How much stock would you put in her frustration of being there right now? We start counseling next week so I plan to bring it up there, but I’m hoping someone else has experience with this. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2QNw7CT

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