Competition

Posted By: Lilly on 2007-04-08
In Reply to: Holiday custodial woes - Grammie

A child is not a "competition." Both husband and wife are the parents of this little girl. Each should strive to do what is best for the child - period. Stay out of it Grandma or you will lose. Time has a way of making things better between divorced parents.Enjoy your grandchild and ignore what Dad does unless it seriously harms your grandchild. Give it time. They will work it out. Have a Happy Easter!

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Holiday custodial woes - Grammie
- You asked how others handle it. They sm - get it
- As one grammie to another (sm) - oldie but goodie
- The father has as much rights as the mother to make decisions....sm - Georgia Gal
  - I agree with this. Also the mother cannot control what - the father does when he has the child -sm
- it it's gonna cause a problem to say something, - then go another route - see message
- My daughter going through a similar situation - sm
- be happy he is in her life and loves her - - let it be - no message
- Joy said she wasn't doing much, so he made up for it - it's okay, & make her brush teeth more often -n
- I got an Easter basket up to 16 or so, loved it - sm -
  - About painting the enamel on the back teeth, SM - GaMT
- Reply - Grammie
  - Unfortunately, this is what happens here - sm
- You're being kinda mean - Lisa
- Easter - Trish
  - But he mom chose to dismiss it, and the dad did his best. - exactly
- I am really glad the got her an Easter basket. sm - wow
- This is SO not your business. sm - grammie, grammie
- She wasn't going to do Easter for the girls, so they did. sm - Not a competition
- I recently had a talk with my ex - about the spoiling - sm
  - You sound like a very wise person and I a glad to that - sm
  - That is not spoiling. It is expected. - Easter basket???
    - gifts are Never to be expected--what happened - to living a humble life?
  - very wise advice about how to go about - discussing with an ex.
    - This is not a grammie, problem. It is grammie butting in problem. - uh-uh
- Competition - Lilly
- Competing for a child's love is going to come around - and kick the parents in the butt.
  - It is a Easter basket. She deserves one. - It is not competing
    - With all due respect ... - Grammie
      - lol - read your reply after posting exactly the same - thing above - agree 100% with you - sm
      - If they kids are safe there - just let it go. - mtstudent

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Agree, too much competition, seems everybody is doing it.
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It definitely cuts down on the competition, sm
especially among the "mean girls". I think you know who I mean. A uniform would be great. They can show off on weekends at the mall. I have no idea why the parents would be against this. They know what is going on, or at least they should.

Watched it last night. First time I have followed this competition. (sm)
I really enjoyed it. They doing this annually?

Talk to people in your area that do this, see how much competition there is, if
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Thank you for your kindness - i did find a few things on competition sites sm
but they were all pretty boring, lol. we are going to do like you suggested and rent some of those movies this weekend to get that frame of mind going. i coached her little league cheer group and we won first place at competition so she is kinda counting on me for help, but i am brain froze on cheerleading, LOL!