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  • valeriebpdx
    valeriebpdx Posts: 497 Member
    Trust me guys i agree with each and everyone of you .My fiancée seems to think its babying him and he needs to do activites that are maturing him instead of babying him.I said the same thing he could be doing worst drugs. sex thank god he's not into that so far that i know of and my fiancée feels he needs to let that go and maybe collect baseball cards instead. My fiancée is from the old school era so the things kids do today are not to his liking.

    I take issue with someone who is coming in "new" to a family and complaining about crap that does not impact them. Seriously, how is pokemon directly affecting your fiance? lol

    I think this, too. I would be wary of how much "parenting" you allow your fiance to do with your boys--they are 15 and 13 and a couple years from being launched. They have no basis for seeing this guy as a parent, and he has no parenting experience. If it were me and my kids (I also have boys, 11 and almost 14), I would insist that they be polite and respectful to him and I would insist that he refrain from parenting them. If he has an idea about the kids, he can offer it to you, you can weigh it, and it can come from you if you think it will really benefit the kids rather than just pacifying your fiance. I hate when people (many of the bio dads I know are famous for this, too, and probably lots of moms I don't know) say "Kids shouldn't be doing this" with absolutely no knowledge of developmental stages and no willingness to learn.
    P.S. As to your original question, both my kids have outgrown the card games, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with it at all. If your son still enjoys it, let him go for it. I know kids my older son's age who still love Pokemon.

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