Toxic Family Won’t Respect Boundaries

I’m about ready to scream yall. My family treats me like I gave up my rights to my daughter, Cora, like I’m not even a parent all the time. Any time I try to set a boundary about my child with them I get told to “get over it I’ll do what I want with her”. No matter what, without fail, every time. My boundaries are simple too: -do not spank MY child, no “popping” on the hands either let alone on the butt -do not call my child mean names when reprimanding her (ex. My grandma called Cora a little shit when she grabbed her book) -do not force my child to hug or kiss you, either by physical force or emotional manipulation (ex. Fake crying because she won’t hug or kiss you) -do not talk crap to or about me in front of my child, do not put me down or yell at me in front of my child I feel like these are pretty solid & basic rules but my family just does not get it and I’m at the point where once I get my own place & primary placement of Cora back, (currently live with grandma due to not saving up when I was a teenager, working on saving for a car & place now) I’m limiting my family’s contact with her HEAVILY and they don’t even realize it. The only reason I don’t currently have primary placement, but I do have joint custody with my aunt, is because last year my PPD got so bad I couldn’t take care of her properly so I willingly went to my aunt and asked her for help taking care of my daughter so that my daughter could be with someone who could care for her better than I could temporarily while I got my mental and financial shit together. TLDR- family constantly ignores my reasonable boundaries with my daughter bc they don’t see me as a parent & I’m sick of it
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I would say keep doing you & stick to your boundaries. They have to respect your boundaries you set! You’ll be on your own soon

@Kendra thank you❤️

Why are you allowing these people to be involed? If any of those boundaries where crossed especially the first two they wouldn’t have contact with my child.

@Amy you say allowing as if I have a choice at the moment. I have split custody with my aunt, which I can’t get full back until the terms of the agreement are fulfilled which is that I’d be financially stable and mentally stable enough to care for her on my own. Mentally i am but financially I’m not yet, i’m almost there though. And my grandmother is currently my only affordable option for childcare in this area.

@Kaelah i do apologize I didn’t finish reading and got triggered by the boundaries they’re crossing. I guess if there’s a safe guarding issue you’d need to raise it with social services. In the mean to focus on your own well being so you have full custody of your babe in the near future. Big hugs my love xxx

I wouldn’t allow them to see her anymore then. I have also set boundaries with my family like this. They don’t get to see my son when he’s born. It doesn’t matter if they’re family or not, if people are disrespectful you, your man, or your child, then cut them off. Period.

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