Her Daughter Isn’t Happy That She’s Trying To Force Her To Switch Schools And Go Where Her Stepchildren Are
This woman and her ex-husband share custody of their 12-year-old daughter Kelly, who was only 3 when the couple separated.
They have a court order that both of them must split the cost of her private school education until she graduates from high school, and since starting school, Kelly has been enrolled in a STEM-focused institution.
Kelly loves going to school there, but getting there is often a challenge since it is about a 45-minute drive from their house, and there are no relatives or friends that could help out with taking her daughter.
Since Kelly lives with her during the week and with her ex on the weekends, the responsibility to get her to and from school always falls on her.
Last year, she got remarried to a man who has a 16 and 17-year-old. Both of his children attend a private school that is nearby, and like Kelly’s school, their institution also does not provide any bussing.
The family doesn’t have any extra vehicles for the older children to use, so it’s often a struggle to get all three of the kids to two separate schools on time.
Her new husband is a widower and starts work early each day, so again, the responsibility falls on her.
“My stepchildren’s private school doesn’t have before or after school programs and starts after Kelly’s. It’s a tight squeeze to get her there, then get back to their school,” she explained.
So, after a lot of discussions, she and her husband decided it would be best if they transferred Kelly to the stepchildren’s school.
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Upon bringing it up with her ex-husband, he was a bit unsure about the idea but said that if it was something that Kelly was okay with and wanted to do, then he would support it.
However, Kelly doesn’t want to switch schools and has no intention of doing so. Her stepchildren’s school does not have a STEM program, and Kelly doesn’t want to leave that and all of her friends that she’s made.
Kelly questioned her mother as to why the stepchildren couldn’t transfer to her school instead, and she tried to explain to her daughter that it would be too expensive for her husband to afford, and neither of the older kids was into STEM subjects.
Despite many conversations, bribing attempts, and expressing how frustrating this all is, Kelly refuses to let her mother take her out of her school. Therefore, her ex-husband does not support the idea.
“I even tried the compromise that it’d just be until her stepsiblings graduated [in two years], and she said, then I can easily put up with this for two years,” she said.
Since this dilemma, Kelly has decided that she’s going to stay at her father’s house until this issue is resolved and she doesn’t have to change schools.
Do you think that it’s unfair of her to expect Kelly to change schools to make things more convenient? Or do you think Kelly needs to be more flexible?
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