Visitation When A Child Is Working

[Proserpina]

This OP is not "wrong for allowing the daughter to work on mom's weekends". Mom herself is the one allowing the daughter to work, with the agreement that if she does so, she must drive herself. I don't see a problem with that.

Mom, by order, is responsible for picking the daughter up. If she does so, she has no responsibility to take the child to work, only to bring her home (assuming that is also part of the order). Really, I don't see anyone doing anything wrong here. Kids need time with their parents. They also need to work for their money. I'm not sure how else this could be worked out.

I'm not really disagreeing but the teen also needs to understand that court orders are just that - orders. I'm wary of the parent who allows the teen to basically wipe their backsides with the court order.

And yet the longer I stick around here, the more I believe that there is a legitimate concern that the teen will reject the parent for a long, long time.

 

[Kenny_74]

This OP is not "wrong for allowing the daughter to work on mom's weekends". Mom herself is the one allowing the daughter to work, with the agreement that if she does so, she must drive herself. I don't see a problem with that.

Mom, by order, is responsible for picking the daughter up. If she does so, she has no responsibility to take the child to work, only to bring her home (assuming that is also part of the order). Really, I don't see anyone doing anything wrong here. Kids need time with their parents. They also need to work for their money. I'm not sure how else this could be worked out.

Exactly. Thanks for providing a voice of reason.

 

[Kenny_74]

I'm not really disagreeing but the teen also needs to understand that court orders are just that - orders. I'm wary of the parent who allows the teen to basically wipe their backsides with the court order.

And yet the longer I stick around here, the more I believe that there is a legitimate concern that the teen will reject the parent for a long, long time.

Aside from this, we don't really have any other hiccups. Like I said, we adhere to the standard parenting plan.