Anyone else with family that isn't involved in their kids lives?

Sarah - posted on 02/15/2011

being a military family both my husband and my family are far away. even my son's father is far away from him. but we manage the occasional trip to my parents and the summer trip to his family. and of course my son sees his dad at holidays and summers. we have a few (by few i mean literally like 2 close friends) that we can go to and rely on to be there for us and vice versa. so hun, your not alone. I think i would go insane if we lived too close to my family and their advice...... or way of "raising" kids. I love them but difference of opinion stike disagreements with my side of the family. lol :)

Elizabeth - posted on 02/15/2011

I have to agree, it's nice not getting so much unwanted advice.

Aimee - posted on 02/15/2011

my family are all far away from me and they are not involved with my family som times thats a good thing so they can not tell u how 2 look after them but then sometimes i feel alone and no 1 2 dropp the kids off it is hard but we get through it hope this helps

Christi - posted on 02/14/2011

My son only has my father and aunt as grandparents. My MIL is a bitch and doesn't acknowledge his existance. My husband and her work for the same company, have for seven years now and most people do not know they are even related. My son was her second grandbaby, but first grandson. We live LITERALLY two minutes from her and she sees the other grandchildren that live up to an hour away three to four times weekly and sees our son MAYBE twice a year. There are no pictures of him anywhere in her home or at her desk, even though we have made sure to give her pictures and when people ask who she is, she says we are friends of the family. We think she denies him because he is Autistic, even though only mildly. He is an amazing child, yes I am a lil biased, but I am happy she isn't around. She is bad news. We rent our home from her and she still sees him only twice a year, what a winner huh?

Ronelda - posted on 02/13/2011

Hi, I know exactly how you feel! We also live far away from our families and it is so hard to be alone at home with my son. It's almost like being stranded. You can't go anywhere or do anything and I'm scared that he won't be able to bond with the grandmothers etc. I just keep telling myself that sometimes it's a good thing to not have the family involved because everyone's opinionated and that can sometimes hurt and be frustrating. I just have faith that it will get better. I hope it helps to know you are not alone =)

Stifler's - posted on 02/13/2011

oh mine are like that. it's hard to not have anyone to drop the kids off with on the weekend or through the week and stuff. i hate it and want to move sometimes others i'm glad they're not around to tell me what to do!

Elizabeth - posted on 02/13/2011

most live far away

Stifler's - posted on 02/13/2011

how come there's no other family involved in her life? do you mean you live far away or they have all passed away?