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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok, let's drop the OPs doltish statement that she is a single parent, and focus on how she learn to appreciate what she does have and maybe work to draw her husband closer to the home.  Getting a job is a non-starter.  Honestly, taking a class and leaving him with the kids is also passive aggressive nonsense.

Plan activities that firmly draw him into the family, something more fun that watching Larla at soccer.

Is his job stressful and long hours? Maybe talk about moving someplace cheaper so he could downshift his career and have more time at home? Or a shorter commute?[/quote]

I agree with this.  Maybe start with family meetings.  We have them after dinner on Sunday night.  I usually make a nice dessert (a pie or something), and we all sit down and talk about issues.  We start with making an "agenda" that would include anything from screeen time to flushing the toilet to upcoming family vacations to what we can do for our neighbors.  Anyone can add to the agenda.  Then we go through each item and come up with some sort of solution.  
Oh, and the kids also provide "entertainment" either music or a poem they memorized at school or a "play".

It's been a good way to draw everyone (including DH) in to family decisions. [/quote]

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