Christina and I are in a pickle. I think I've written about this before. She has a cousin who has children all over the place with many different women. The woman he's been with for 9 years had a son before they got together. His name is Tyler. He is not related to Christina. His father lives in Tennessee. For the past two weekends, Tyler has stayed with us. The poor kid is 10, almost 11, and in the 3rd grade! He can barely read and can't do addition or subtraction in his head. We spend all last weekend working on multiplication and reading. He's never had a story read to him in his life. He is a size 10 slim, but his mom dresses him in ratty old 12 huskies!! His shoes are two sizes too big. He's just pitiful!
The first weekend we had him, he talked about blood and gory things all the time. The second weekend, he stopped doing that. I think he realized that we are just going to let him be a kid and he's really enjoying it!
I think we're going to ask his mom if he can come stay with us and go to school here. They live 1 hour away from us. I really think we have the time, money, and love to help him before he ends up in jail! How do you ask a mother if you can keep her child? You can tell she doesn't really care, so maybe it won't be so bad. I'm hoping she'll just let us take him. He's a smart kid, but he has no chance if he stays in that environment!
Let me know if you have any advice!
2 comments:
Wow. My heart breaks for him. The poor kid. I don't really have any advice. That's a tough situation. Maybe just coming right out and asking or telling the mom that he seems so happy with you guys. I don't know....I'm sorry. I hope things work out. Keep us posted!
I think that you could at least offer to keep him more often. If she doesn't care about him like you say she doesn't, them some time away from him may seem like a treat for her and she may take you up on that. Asking for custody may send her in the other direction (have seen it happen before), but I don't know your exact situation. I think it's so great that you want to do something for this boy, though, so I truly wish you the best! At least you can be a positive influence already, you know? Just keep showering him with love and acceptance.
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