Bonjour. I am originally from France, but moved to California 8 months ago to be with my new husband. I have 2 children, aged 14 and 17 and both males. My problem is that my boys hate it here, and they hate my husband, simply because he is American. I never raised them like that, but their father was very anti-American, and there was some very anti-American sentiment by their classmates back in France since the invasion of Iraq, so they must have learned it from these 2 sources. But I have also though that maybe they are mad at me for remarrying. But I don’t know what to do. They say they want to go back to France and live with their father, but he was abusive and I now have soul custody. They really hate it here though. They refuse to speak English, although they have a very good knowledge of the language. I have them enrolled in a French school in Los Angeles, but their grades are terrible, but they used to be perfect students back in Lyon. They are always fighting with their step-father and calling him horrible things when my husband does nothing but treat them nice. Now I find that they are getting very depressed. I can’t even get them to talk to me very much anymore. They say they are angry with me for bringing them here. I have no idea what to do. I can’t let them live with their father, but I was thinking of sending them to live with my sister in Paris or my mother in Lyon, but that does not solve their hatred for this country and the people here. I feel overwhelmed by this situation. I love my children, and I want them to live with me, but I don’t know how to fix this situation that I am in. My boys were perfect children, but now they have changed dramatically. Please help me!
2006-11-26
18:06:52
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