Posted by mamasarah on October 8, 2004, at 15:01:09
In reply to Re: Legality of medicating children in a split family, posted by celtic angel on September 30, 2004, at 19:47:27
You are so lucky that you live close. We are about 2 and a half hours away so it is very easy for her to do things behind our backs. The thing that sucks about changing custody is that the court has to give her chances to change. Even though we have given her plenty of chances it has not yet been documented by the court. Now that it has been documented by the court and the mediator has seen how she is, it will be easier to get custody when she screws up again (and it's just a matter of time). The other thing with living so far away is that the court is more reluctant to change custody even though now would be the perfect time to do it as he has been here most of the summer. The longer they wait the harder it will be. I just hope they open their eyes soon and see what she's doing to him. Well, at least it's been documented by the court and she can only screw up one more time. It just sucks that my son is suffering each day he is with her. There is not really any way to prove emotional abuse is going on. Sometimes I just feel like screaming. We can hope that one of these days she'll call us and tell us to come pick him up because she can't handle him anymore when he's not medicated. Did anyone see that Dr. Phil episode that was on the other day about parents medicating their children. That first story about the kid who's mom couldn't control him, but he acted fine with the dad and at school, but the mom was convinced that there was something wrong with the kid and just wanted him to be medicated all the time. That's just like our story. Dr. Phil was like "do you think this might be a parenting issue". I'm like duh. Check it out a Dr. Phil.com. Anyway, I'm rambling. I'll keep you posted.
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