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[quote=Anonymous]Part of being a parent includes doing normal things with your kids such as dropping them off at soccer, taking them to the library to work on a group project for school, and yes, managing the logistics to get her to social events with her friends such as slumber parties or Halloween. Later this includes sending her on that school bus trip she wanted to go on and letting her date, work her job and run around with her friends.

Your parenting duties don't stop because you are divorced and her normal, age appropriate activities and social interactions do not ground to a halt just because it is "dad's time."

Preventing her from going out with her friends because of some perceived court mandated "dad time" is not parenting this child. Your husband (influenced by you) is failing at parenting. Being a parent involves so much more than requiring your kids to stay physically in your presence and control for your entire "time."

Parenting includes much more than physical control of your child. It also includes helping them participate in and navigate through all the normal, age appropriate life stages that help kids to be independent, functioning, normal adults.

Your husband is wrong.

You are even more wrong.

I hope your standards for your own son are exactly the same as what you impose upon your poor step daughter, including not allowing natural friendships and fun on Halloween and not allowing him to trick or treat with any buddies, even shen he is in fifth-sixth grade.[/quote]

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