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Parenting

intheflow

(29,135 posts)

15. If they're teens, you can always talk with them directly.

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Sat Sep 16, 2023, 08:59 AM

Sep 2023

Get their cell phone numbers. Let them know you and their mom don't always see eye-to-eye, and if you seem to disappear it might not be your fault. Let them know your home is always open to them and ask them to visit you. As soon as they get their licenses, she's not going to have any real control over where they go and who they see.

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Does anyone know anything about visitations rights for grandparents? [View all] Grasswire2 Sep 2023 OP

I have no advice, but sending you hugs! MLAA Sep 2023 #1

thanks.... Grasswire2 Sep 2023 #2

It may depend on your state of residence dweller Sep 2023 #3

I joke that I've been divorced 4 times to the same ex BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #4

Of course you have a "right to ask" Effete Snob Sep 2023 #5

thanks Grasswire2 Sep 2023 #7

As noted elsewhere below Effete Snob Sep 2023 #13

Might dependent on the state, but I had none for my granddaughter in Arkansas. sinkingfeeling Sep 2023 #6

I'm sorry. Grasswire2 Sep 2023 #8

No, it wasn't. But now she's with her dad since last fall and I live across sinkingfeeling Sep 2023 #9

you seem to be set on some form of (formal?) visitation? stopdiggin Sep 2023 #10

good ideas Grasswire2 Sep 2023 #11

I'm all for good relations (if/when they're possible) stopdiggin Sep 2023 #12

"I would help out any way she might need me to do so" Effete Snob Sep 2023 #14

If they're teens, you can always talk with them directly. intheflow Sep 2023 #15

yes, that's good advice Grasswire2 Sep 2023 #16