living with grandparents?

have you ever had a child that lived with their grandparents and not with you? not because you were court ordered to, but because your child would be happier?

nope

my sister did with my niece. its a more stable environment for her to be in, and my sister lives just a couple miles away and is there almost every day anyways to see her.

ETA: this way she's not around all the fighting and screaming, and she has set rule. everyone is a lot happier with this arrangement.

Nope. Unless I felt my child was in danger in me or my SO custody I would never let her live with her grandparents. She may be happy going there but she can stick to visits and coming back home where she belongs.

My Sister did this with her daughter. She was 13 at the time. It was absolutely the best decision at the time. She was with my Mother for about 6 months.

My oldest stays with my mom during the week but not cause he would be happier.he's in kindergarten and the schools by me are mostly D schools so he goes to a school by my moms house that is an A school.I will be moving after January and he will be with me full time again.really don't care if someone is going to judge me for it a better school is what's best for him right now.

I was sent to live with grandparents, my parents had hoped it would help me with my depression. So when I was 16 I went to live with my grandparents in New Orleans of all places. They let me do whatever I wanted, so I got a fake ID and was in the french quarter every friday and saturdy night getting wasted. I was there for 8 months before my parents realized they smurfed up

My child hasn't, but i did. It actually did work out better, imo.

My niece and nephews live with my mom and her husband it's a selfless act my sister had substance abuse issues as well as mental health issues now she wants her kids back I think they have been through enough and they are getting things and having the life she could never provide she still has mental health issues and is on government assistance I just don't want to say anything to her but they have a better life now I don't want to get into details but ....

Quoting melindapple:" My child hasn't, but i did. It actually did work out better, imo."

 

My sister and I lived with my grandparents when we were little. My mom lived with us all too and she was going to school after her divorce--then my grandpa got a job offer out-of-state. They decided that my sister and I would go with, my mom would stay and double-time it through her last year of school and then move to join us. It worked out great for all of us; my grandma was a homemaker and took great care of us.

After I got divorced my son and I moved back in with my parents and I went back to school. While I was looking at and applying to nursing programs--there is only one in my area--my mom and I discussed the same option and she said that if I needed to move away to go to school then she would gladly keep my son here for me. I don't know if I could have done it, honestly, but then again I have far more options than my mom did after her divorce (I'm 10 years older than she was and I already have a degree). But I do acknowledge and agree that sometimes it is a wonderful situation for all parties.