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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like maybe the girl's mother has ADD as well, and that's why she's having trouble managing the schedule and parenting. Or maybe she's backing away because she realized she doesn't like the new togetherness as much as she thought she would. Or because the daughter doesn't like it, or doesn't like her dad's house. It kinda sucks, honestly, to be the visiting older child in a little-kid zone and in a family that revolves around the needs of younger children.

Ask yourself if you really, truly want a teenager in your weekday life. Really. With normal teen behaviors and a teen schedule and lots of homework and needing to be taken places and struggling with ADD at every part of the day?

Personally, I think it really is best for a child with ADD to have one single home. It's a bummer for your DH, but this isn't about him, it's about what's best for his daughter. He chose to get his girlfriend pregnant, and he and a lot of other people are paying the consequences for a very long time. It is what it is. He shouldn't expect to get what he wants. Nobody else is![/quote]

Clearly, she does want a teenager in her daily life or she wouldn't be posting here.  Why would you discourage them from being active in this child's life?  If they started their relationship two years after the separation/child's birth where is the issue?  He is allowed to move on.  He shouldn't stay single/any more kids in order to please his ex who will never work with him or be decent to him in any way.  This is probably about money/child support.[/quote]

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