My wife's 10 year old has been staying at his grandmas over some of the summer holidays. We got him back yesterday as hes back at school in the morning. While he was there, he fed his grandma lies about how I, his step dad, treat him and his brother. now hes home, he has told us that he doesnt want to live with us anymore and wants to live with his paternal grandma, giving no real reason other than "its more fun there".
His grandma has a history of psycotic episodes and drink problems that usually result in violence or suicide attempts.
We've tried to talk and reason with him but we're very worried about how manipulative she is and feel like we have no control.
She has given both boys mobile phones and we think she is using these to influence them while they are at home. She has done this before and knows our feelings on such young children having mobiles.
How do we deal with this, what can we do to make this right without ending up as the bad guys or losing the kids?
2006-09-04
12:30:32
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andy h
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