Thank You TigerD.
As others stated earlier I am not the father so for the last couple of years I have stood by helplessly and watched her mother try to hash it out on her own.
That has not worked out and gotten us to this point. All I asked for was advice and hoped people would understand my situation.
I personally don't go around calling the police when a 10 year old misbehaves however I live in a town-home and have neighbors and her temper tantrums and screaming and knocking on the walls has resulted in multiple situations where the neighbors have called the police over. Social Services have been involved and they are aware of the situation as well and to date I have never overstepped my boundaries in the relationship.
If I was doing anything untoward or not expected of me, I believe social services would have made a point of that by now however my fear is that if we let this go on it will only get worse over time and that is why we are trying to consider other option
As others stated earlier I am not the father so for the last couple of years I have stood by helplessly and watched her mother try to hash it out on her own.
That has not worked out and gotten us to this point. All I asked for was advice and hoped people would understand my situation.
I personally don't go around calling the police when a 10 year old misbehaves however I live in a town-home and have neighbors and her temper tantrums and screaming and knocking on the walls has resulted in multiple situations where the neighbors have called the police over. Social Services have been involved and they are aware of the situation as well and to date I have never overstepped my boundaries in the relationship.
If I was doing anything untoward or not expected of me, I believe social services would have made a point of that by now however my fear is that if we let this go on it will only get worse over time and that is why we are trying to consider other option