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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You could, I don’t know, also change the visitation day(s).

Thing about teens old enough to drive/have a car is they generally get more say and agency anyway.  You can’t force them to hang with a parent. [/quote]

The kid, you know, already has things scheduled on Saturdays, including sports near mom’s that dad insisted he sign up for.

Your reading comprehension is terrible.[/quote]

Dad didn't insist.  Be real.  So, if kid is busy all week and saturday, when can dad see the kid?[/quote]

I don’t know that insist is the right word because it implies that there was conflict. We both came to mediation with a list of things that were important to us. At the top of his list were that both kids play a sport every season and that they attend church and religious education in his parish.  I agreed to both of those things.

Kid obviously had some choice about which sport, but he tried out and made varsity as a freshman.  Dad was proud.  At this point quitting the team isn’t an option. [/quote]

Dad can see the kid when driving the kid to activites, or by making himself available at whatever time works for the kid.  Dad also sees the kid at church.  Dad is choosing to spend his kid time on church-- it's a choice.

Teenagers don't spend that much time just hanging out with ther parents and a lot of the together-time happens during driving.  That's normal for intact families too. [/quote]

Kid is working not going to church.  A ten minute ride is not a visit.  It’s sad you don’t value time with your teenagers.  Some of us do.  Dad gets one day a week.  Mom choose to have the kid work.  It’s a non issue.  You will be the same person who expects dad to support financially the kid and mom till he is 30 and will complain when dad doesn’t.  Now kid can support himself.   Problem solved.  Dad is out of the picture.  [/quote]

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