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This is really a continuation of my first post this morning and I need to vent.<P>Boys came home at 8AM so h was obviously late for work. They both have colds and he didn't give them any cold medicine before dropping them off. Homework was not completely done so we had to finish it in half an hour and they hadn't had breakfast. Both were grumpy. <P>Needless to say I'm not a happy camper. Now I could get on the phone and blast him or do the 180 and not say a word. I'm sure he's probably expecting a phone call. <P>What would you do?
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Hi,<BR> He's getting a taste of having to do the morning routine and obviously not doing too well left to his own devises. Obviously he had a hard time managing the kids after the sports practice having to manage homework,dinner,baths etc....Again a good dose of reality. I know you are frustrated but let this one slide as well. Wait until you are no longer angry and ask him how he feels about maybe only having the kids overnight on the weekends. You don't have to let him know that it's because you don't want to pick up his mess on weekday mornings. It's probably better for the kids to be with you during the school week anyhow. Maybe change his weekday visits(jointly decided) to just include pick up from school and sports and homework and dinner and get them back to you before bedtime.
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Hoping,<BR>At this point your kids are your top priority, not your H. Not having homework done, is a fairly big thing, and should important to your H as well--even though he doesn't get to see them everyday, it is important that if he sees them during the week that they do their homework.<P>I think this is something you should just tell him you were concerned about it and give him an opportunity to tell you what happened. He may have nagged them all night long to do it and they didn't--it happens at my house ![[Linked Image from marriagebuilders.com]](http://www.marriagebuilders.com/forum/images/icons/smile.gif) .<P>
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