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Parenting
By Brock Hileman
Parenting today is tough. I have an 18 year old boy just starting college and a 4 year old girl just starting soccer. Each have a different mother. I was granted a divorce from my sons mother when he was the same age as my daugther is now. I learned the hard and expensive way that in my state (Wyoming) you must prove the mother to be unfit for the father to have a chance at custody. I say chance because even if the mother is proven unfit she can jump through a couple of hoops and regain custody. Keeping on point the challenges the mother (ex-wife) placed on my ability of retaining and maintaining a relationship with my son were steep. I'm most certainly an expert on a 'woman scourned' and have absolutely zero faith in the courts ability to make decisions based on the childs well being. I never missed a child support payment (not one) but was continually harrassed and brought back to court as I succeeded in my career and made more money, my ex of coarse is taking the public assistance route through life. There were challenges at my home too. My current wife (and soul-mate) provided a nourishing environment but never truely accepted my son as her own. This of coarse led to some uncomfortable situations for all three of us and the ex-wife missed no opportunity to pound any wedges deeper. In direct contrast a relationship with my daughter comes with absolute ease. In fact I can honestly say I never knew true love until my daughter arrived. When there are no petty jealousies or posturing I find parenting to be quite enjoyable. I must say the 2 best days of my life so far have been dominated by my children. The first 'best' day was the day my daughter was born, and the next was the day my son turned 18 and our relationship was re-born. I'am blessed with two very bright children, my son has a full ride music scholarship and our relationship without his mother's interference is thriving. My daughter of coarse is turning into a wonderfully clever spoiled brat, and I'm the cause. I have chosen to deal with the consequences of her spoiling as they arrive. The challenges of raising children provide some of the answers to the big question as to "why are we here". The joy reaped outweighs the inconvienience exponetially.
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Contributor's Note
Sorry about the rant.
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This intel was contributed by Brock
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May, 2012
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