Teen and custody

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do we know for sure that op is the mom and the other parent is the dad?

Technically it shouldn't matter. But it seems many have assumed that OP is the mom and the dad is the disinterested one. That fits with stereotypical thinking.

Plus, no one could possibly imagine that a teen would prefer to stay with his dad and (evil) stepmom & siblings (family) rather than spend time with his mother who may be single.

Neither parent has been described as “disinterested.” Each has provided a comfortable home for their child and each has done 50% of the parenting. Neither one wants less than 50% physical custody. One parent moved farther from the teen’s school, but is still in the same city. They didn’t move a couple hours away. The whole reason why that parent doesn’t prioritize teen spending time with friends on weekends is because they want to have quality time with their child.

No one is disinterested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do we know for sure that op is the mom and the other parent is the dad?

Technically it shouldn't matter. But it seems many have assumed that OP is the mom and the dad is the disinterested one. That fits with stereotypical thinking.

Plus, no one could possibly imagine that a teen would prefer to stay with his dad and (evil) stepmom & siblings (family) rather than spend time with his mother who may be single.

Neither parent has been described as “disinterested.” Each has provided a comfortable home for their child and each has done 50% of the parenting. Neither one wants less than 50% physical custody. One parent moved farther from the teen’s school, but is still in the same city. They didn’t move a couple hours away. The whole reason why that parent doesn’t prioritize teen spending time with friends on weekends is because they want to have quality time with their child.

No one is disinterested.

If only grounding the kid and forbidding them from seeing their friends was the way to get quality time...

[Anonymous]

They didn’t move a couple hours away. The whole reason why that parent doesn’t prioritize teen spending time with friends on weekends is because they want to have quality time with their child.

Is it? What quality things are they doing? One of the posts said they "don’t have anything in common or anything to talk about, and they end up not speaking to each other and teen stays in their room when at that house."

If that's the case why can't parent let teen spend time with friends?

[Anonymous]

OP didn’t mention grounding or forbidding contact with friends.

“The parent the teen doesn’t want to see moved and is on the other side of the city now quite far from school and friends and isn’t amenable to teen spending a lot of time with friends on the weekend. Wants teen to spend weekend with them.”

Sounds like teen can spend some time with friends on the weekends, but parent wants the majority of teen’s free time.