Thanks. Please do read about what happened with my daughter. Its borderline tragic. I'm not blaming anyone but her for her choices but that family of mine almost drove me to suicide while they were enabling her. That was the only time I had an actual plan laid out. They were terrible to me.

That parental dynamic changed as they got older and depended on me and you can bet my daughter was nowhere in sight. She visited my mom once in the 5 years she was in assisted living and that was only to steal her money. She regrets that now but it's too late.

My parents were lucky I was so forgiving although they conveniently forgot the hurt they put me through. If they had been supportive of me my daughter would have been disciplined and had a better chance. They, of all people, should have known that. But, when you get divorced and don't have an ally with your child's father, you lose so much power.