Her father treated me with the utmost respect, and so did her stepfather. She's the first one to say I was a great role model. But I was only half the equation. Her father never cared much about any of our three girls. He preferred his friend's boys over our girls. He would coach their teams and go to their sports games, not my daughters. I know that hurt them. But everyone adored him. He had been a big jock in high school and always joked it was my fault we had three girls because he wanted some boys. All in all, I believe they all 3 have daddy issues. They just never had a father role model. They would not let their stepdad be a father to them, although he had to be at times. He coached their softball teams all the time, but when we had our son, he focused on his only child. He was just a weasel to my family, and their dad was perfect. It was horrible that I would divorce him as if he had nothing to do with it. No one saw what I saw. Only my sister, a psychologist, and her husband, who is too. But they lived in Chicago, and we're not here to help the rest of my family see the light. Anyway, there's a whole novel to tell here. I will take my blame but have apologized to each daughter for anything I did to cause them to make the decisions they have, and they all laugh at me. They say I was a good mom. So...???

I'm not sure which poor decisions you mean? With my siblings?