When putting the kids first really comes into play
This is a really sad update. So my 11 year old step daughter told us my 15 year old son attempted to rape her. I believed her because my son was sexually aggressive and we found out that stemmed from him being sexually abused by his grandparents. He was sentenced to a mental hospital. Where they pretty much turned his brains to mush. Now she is saying her mother is abusive and told her to lie about it and she's so sorry. Now I got hate and people were saying how could you not believe your son but you know what I realized. If I DIDN'T believe her and it turned out to be true I still would have gotten a lot of hate so whatever. Now CPS is investigating stuff with her mom and honestly I wouldn't be surprised if her mom did abuse her because that women is toxic. The case is reopened and my son is still in the mental hospital. He is mentally breaking more because he was saying in the beginning he didn't do it. And we told him he did, so then he started thinking maybe he did and forgot and now that he's hearing he didn't he is breaking. The person my son was before this is gone. Mentally he's out of it now. The psychiatrist said he could still live a some what normal life outside this hospital but he will never he able to live with my step daughter because she's a trigger. Plus CPS said they can't be the same house because of all if this. Me and my husband sat down and talked about everything. Our kids can't be in the same house. We have court next week and my step daughter is gonna be saying the truth. I told my husband "I can't ask you to give her back to her mom so my son can come home". And he said "And I can't ask you to leave him in that mental hospital". So I said then what do we do and he said "Put the kids first". So we are getting a divorce.... This Hurts... I'm trying not to think about it and just think now both kids can get help, love and support.
My son didn't rape or try to rape anyone. My step daughter said her mom was abusing her and told her to say that.
Achieve your health goals from period to parenting.