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[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]

And that’s great but the issue isn’t sports, the issue is a kid who already has a busy schedule taking on a job during the school year that they don’t have time for.  You told the kid to work.

So, when can dad see the kid between sports, activities, homework, school and a job.  Plus, friends.  Something has to go.  [/quote]

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