Hanging by a thread General Chat Discuss Hanging by a thread in the ParentingForums.org forums; I have fought so hard to try and protect this child and I have failed everytime....

[1dayatatime]

I have fought so hard to try and protect this child and I have failed everytime.

[1dayatatime]

Thanks Mindy. I honestly feel like she has died. The last year has been like watching a drug addict and not being able to do anything to stop them or help them. DD has some pretty serious emotional problems and she will not be getting any treatment for them. DD is esstially exactly like her mother. This has been a four year battle. It is so painful to read... "The court finds that mother is the most appropriate parent to be awarded sole legal custody. She has been the child's primary caretaker since birth." Why does no one in the legal system take a moment to consider WHY she has been the primary caretaker? It just hurts so much. That woman took DD away from her dad when DD was 5 months old because she didn't love him anymore. That woman has since made it her mission to keep DD away from her dad. God I just don't even know which way is up.

[fallon]

OMG I'm so sorry hun. I'm crying for you as I read this

[gennifurlynn]

I just read this thread. I feel so sorry for you, your husband and Ericka. It's seems mens rights for parenting are grossly unfair, it's like just cause they can't give birth they can't be as good of a parent. I know that someday my boyfriend and I will move to a better area and will be able to give his son a better home with a yard, and better schooling than where we currently live (his mother lives in the same town as us, we both live in apartments with virtually no yards or suitable area for a child to play and ride bikes etc.) but his mother would never let him go. What kills me is she will expect him to help pay for private schooling when the school district we would be in is 10 tens better than the public school in our current town. His mother is bi-polar and has another son that is 10 that is also bi-polar. (I'm not saying just cause she's bi-polar she should lose her kid) The household is nuts, there are no rules or boundries, the kids run around in their undewear all the time (5 year old boy and 10 year old boy). The stories I could go into. I read your posts and can only imgaine the fight we would have, and to think we woudl most likely lose really saddens me. I feel for you and this little girl. Just know you did everything you could do to help this little girl. My thoughts are with you.

[Dadu2004]

Wow 1day, I'm so sorry. Your family is in our thoughts and prayers.