Yeah sometimes I do feel like my W doesn't back me up when dealing with our S4. I think a lot of misbehavior from him stemming from her not having a united front with me. Every time I tell him to stop doing something he'll either be disrespectful or runs to my W crying. And a lot of the times my W just ignore him instead of tell him "do what your dad says". So my S4 does what he can to try to get away with things. A lot of the times I do feel like I have no authority over my S or respect from him due to my W not being behind me. Sometimes when I try to give my S4 a timeout my wife gets mad at me. Parenting has definitely been a source of conflict and frustration....
Speaking of which, I really hate how the laws in this country are so biased against fathers. It's like the mother can almost do no wrong and has pretty much absolute control over custody of kids. I hate how my W sometimes makes me feel like I have to agree with her parenting methods and I have no say in it. Otherwise she'll take the kids away from me. When she's in that mode, all of a sudden the kids are her kids and not our kids any longer.
M: 31 W: 31 M: 7 T: 8 S:4 D:2 Bomb dropped: too many to count or remember, 12/17/07 last one S on 9/2/07 W sent off D papers 12/31/07. Me trying to live life and hope she returns one day.
