Question about extracurriculars

[wileybunch]

That's actually how I know that it's a direct quote from the ex. Unruly NEVER speaks to me that way, is a very respectful and well behaved little girl - unless she's quoting her father.

The kids are Wild and Unruly because of the Dixie Chicks song "Cowboy Take Me Away"... "I wanna grow something Wild and Unruly"

So does she agree with her dad and wanted to be as snotty as that sounded? Unreal. I know kids aren't 100% responsible for their choices when they have a trusted adult feeding them corruption, but I would be very tempted to put it back on her and just say I'd be happy to sign, but your dad needs to sign, too, Girl Scout's rules and just go about the house whistling or something, not get caught up drama. That's only if your daughter was parroting dad b/c she agreed (vs. just passing on the garbage so you would know what he said).

 

[Bloopy]

As most everyone said, the court date is a great time to get the Girl Scout form signed. An added reason is even though she’ll get in without it and meetings are on your time, activities are likely to be on weekends. What’s the point of joining Girl Scouts if you have to miss the weekend fishing trip or slumber party because it fell on Stupidhead’s weekend? Plus Girl Scouts are more mom friendly than dad friendly – what’s the likelihood of dad being welcome to host a overnight with a bunch of 8-year-old girls - so he could ARGUE that’s the problem later on.

Don’t keep a restraining order active on yourself. Just get the same verbiage in the custody orders.

Echo echo

 

[CJane]

So does she agree with her dad and wanted to be as snotty as that sounded?

No, she parrots him. It's never "dad said ...." with an attempt to clean up what he says, it's an exact parroting in his tone of voice.

I know that what she said sounds terrible coming from a 2nd grader, and it would be if it was her. But it's not. And I can't bounce it back to her lap. I'm not going to force her to have a confrontation with her father...

 

[profmum]

No, she parrots him. It's never "dad said ...." with an attempt to clean up what he says, it's an exact parroting in his tone of voice.

I know that what she said sounds terrible coming from a 2nd grader, and it would be if it was her. But it's not. And I can't bounce it back to her lap. I'm not going to force her to have a confrontation with her father...

Strongly agree.. you will always have to be the bigger parent for Unruly's sake, always with SHead as her father..!!

 

[faithnlve]

CJane....Did you divorce my getalife X?? Wow so much alike. Faith

 

[Silverplum]

Wileybunch, a friendly fyi -- it's extremely difficult to "read" the "tone" of a poster's words on the internet. It's also extremely difficult to criticize, even fairly gently, someone else's children.

I find it to be a mix I'd usually rather avoid, both online and irl.