Posts by captain optimism

Do you have a lawyer? Are you getting state mandated child support? What is happening with your jointly-held assets? Can anyone help you pay for a lawyer?    If you do not think he can take care of your twins on a beach...

Quote: Originally Posted by MamaRuga  Ok, thanks for the encouragement.  I will call and email them again tomorrow.  I just really would like to not have to hound them.  I have enough on my plate as it...

Call every day and email the office. This is not acceptable. You paid for the document to be written and they haven't given you the document. What happens if your husband and his lawyer want to make changes? You can't have this person...

I love the way Moominmamma put this. Hothousing does come from privileging high-status knowledge over the set of all possible things that could interest a child.    I wouldn't want parents to feel like they couldn't share...

I don't think this is something you need to care about. If you enjoy teaching your child something and he enjoys learning it, that's play. If he doesn't think what you're doing is play, well, he's a toddler and he'll tell you no. Even...

When he was a toddler, the age of your child, he used to practice things. That wasn't anything to make anyone think he was gifted, it was just... his temperament. I remember him imitating the radio when he was trying to learn to speak,...

Quote: Originally Posted by LaughinWillow  I'm going to start tonight by starting the bedtime routine earlier (we usually do 7:45 or so, but I'm going to push it back half an hour).  I think if I can have the...

Quote: Originally Posted by AllisonR  I disagree with the poster that says to not allow him to do bedtimes and to sell or lock up the games; it is very passive-agressive behavior. Unless you discuss with your husband...

Quote: Originally Posted by LaughinWillow    But now my family is turning into everything I never wanted it to be.  I am sad or resentful all the time, and don't know what to do. Should I just start ruling...

Quote: Originally Posted by Linda on the move  it doesn't matter why your husband is like this. This is how he is and he has no interest in changing, so this is how he is staying.    I think this is...