I hated it. We hated it.
The day we were old enough to put a stop to it was the day it never happened again. And my family have swung so far the other way that they literally all have lunch together without me now. It’s so great to see and it’s the best outcome for my boys to have a relationship with their grandparents.
The one thing becoming a parent taught me is that it’s never the kids fault.
If you’re struggling to navigate a messy break-up, here’s a few hot tips that a kid who became a parent wants you to know:
If you know they’re safe; don’t ask them to tell you they’re not.
Don’t slag off their parents; Even if you are one yourself.
Don’t make your child support bill your kids problem. They really don’t want to hear how they’re not worth the few hundred bucks a month.
Don’t make their business public business. Even if it is the extended family. And the most important one of all… If you only see them as pawns in your game of chess; you should be handing them over… not [having] children.”
