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About me.....
Oct. 31, 2007
Why do parents do this????
| One of my daughters has a friend over today. Our church fall festival is tonight. The girls have been planning this for weeks down to their costumes. The festival is our alternative to Halloween. The kids get to dress up as something not scary, they get a hayride, a wiennie roast, and they get to trunk or treat. We met up with this little girl and her mom this afternoon only to find out that at the last minute she's not allowed to dress up. Not because they have issues with it but because the mom and dad are separating and the dad bought her a costume. Mom takes the costume and tells her that if she dresses up she's in big trouble. Well of course she called dad (why does an 11yo need a cell phone?) and he's bringing her costume to her at the church, after he goes and gets it from mom's car. So she's caught between them and so am I now. I know that her mom doesn't want her to dress up but I don't have the right to tell her dad a thing. Saying anything won't help either. I remember being caught between my parents....it felt lousy to know that the only reason they cared was to get another "dig" in at other. I just wish that if people decide they can't get along they would remember that their kids are there and involved and everything they say and do to get at each other affects those children. |
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