Just a small vent mystical_rain: I vented a while back about my ex telling my 8 year old son that chewing tobacco is "good for you and has vitamins" in it. I asked EX not to say these things to him anymore, printed out some pictures of what chew can do to your mouth and teeth, showed them to my son and to EX.
When I went to pick my son up this weekend from Ex's new apartment, on the way to the door, EX said "Hey (son) , chew is good for you and has vitamins."
This is the kind of mentality that I'm dealing with. A total smart a$$ who doesn't care and just disregards everyone else and says and does whatever he wants to. The only reason he said it at all was to pi$$ me off and show me that I can't tell him what to do.
Re: Just a small vent Freckles: [quote author=mystical_rain link=topic=26037.msg248186#msg248186 date=1140813067">
When I went to pick my son up this weekend from Ex's new apartment, on the way to the door, EX said "Hey (son) , chew is good for you and has vitamins."
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Anyone who has BAD Addictions (Alcohol/Pot/Chewing Tobbaco) and they TEACH ther Children to DO the Same.
That person has no business being around that Child.
That being said.
Sometimes our Loopy Legal System makes you let them visit the ADDICT.
That is very Sad. Do all you can to teach your child about Chewing Tobbaco is bad.
Most Likely He is GIVING Your Child that Crap
Re: Just a small vent mystical_rain: Freckles,
At least when EX told that to my son, my son said "No it's not (good for you) and no it doesn't (have vitamins)!" I showed him the graphic pictures of what it can do to him and he was pretty grossed out.
As for ex giving it to him, I know he isn't right now but it really wouldn't surprise me if he gives it to him when he's older. I won't be surprised if my son gets his first taste of alcohol from his father, either.
Right now, my son says he will never do those things. I can only keep letting him know how bad the stuff is for him and pray that he continues to feel the way he does about it now and that he will choose to make the right decisions when he's older and faced with it.
It's just really sad that I have to "clean up" behind my child's other "parent" and correct this misinformation and bullsh*t that he's feeding to the kids.
There are many many other things that I have to try to correct, undo, re-teach and offset.
And it's also really sad when my child has to come to me to double check if something he's heard from his other parent is the truth or not.
