AzaZ9
You are doing aa grand job, it is not easy as a grandparent having to take on the responsibility of an SGO and all it entails.
There is a reason nature gives us the menapause, beacuse we are exhausted by full time childcare as we get older, I know I am.
I have an SGO for my 5 year old grandson, he has been with us for the last 2 1/2 years.
Hithere
Keepingquiet,
If anybody has guardianship of children, it is his/her duty to take care of them 24/7, with all the implications for his/her personal and financial life
If you are not willing to give up retirement and the life you think you deserve, give up the guardianship. It is easy. You cannot have both
Are you totally without any empathy?- If you are not willing to give up retirement and the life you think you deserve, give up the guardianship. It is easy. You cannot have both
Seriously you think it is easy??? the OP is entitled to have a moment over this- you are a mother - you chose to have a child. if the other poster is in a similar situation as mine- my grandson was being neglected and emtionally abused, If I hadn't stepped in he would be in the care of social services.
They deserve respect for being prepared to give up the life they earned to look after the grandchildren. I found your comments very insulting.
This was not a choice to have a child, they have stepped in and had their life turned upside down by some one elses actions. SGO's are not granted when the parents are able to care for a child themselves. It is a long drawn out intense process.
And an SGO does not take away a parents financial or emotional responsibility, it gives the person with the SGO overall responsibility for the child.
AzaZ9 if either of the parents work, you may be able to seek child support from them.
I hope it all works out for you.