Thanks so much Heather! She really is an amazing kid. She was always very close to me and still is although in a "teenager" type way now. She has been through much in her short life having a mom who was severely depressed when she was 7 until 10 or 11 years old. My W has been so odd about our home for the last few years and her mom wouldn't let her friends come over to just hang out or for sleep overs, she hated that. She watched her sister go through a "bad" period, show up home drunk, fighting with W and me. She handled all that well.
I just don't understand how our S's can keep doing the things they do knowing how they are making their kids lives so much harder. My W of course keeps rationalizing the situation. Says exactly the opposite things about the public schools here than she used to, it's like listening to a different person. I hope her mom can at least not cause her more problems as she deals with this sitch going forward. I am just so worried about what my W may do to make things even worse going forward.
Thanks for the offer of help and I will take you up on it as I'm sure there will be times I will need the insight!
