Hi all,
Not sure it's a matter for this forum, but I'm just so darn angry!
I have an 8 year old son, I split with his mother when he was a couple of weeks old, she walked out, I have always had battles with her on and off about various issues but I have always been there for him, I always have him at weekends and have done since the day she left (when she isn't playing silly monkeys and "stopping me from seeing him").
I miss out on most things like parents evenings etc as I never get told about them, any how I spoke to his school and asked them discreetly if I could speak with his teacher as I wanted to see how he was getting on in school academically. I ask him how he likes school and get the typical "it's ok" response. I asked them to not tell his mother as it would only give her reason to moan at me thinking I am going behind her back. But to my total amazement the school phoned her up and asked her for permission to speak to me!?! I am on his birth certificate, he was born in 2007 meaning I have joint parental responsibility! I filled out all his paper work for the school so they had all my info. I feel like the teacher has totally disregarded my rights as his father in seeking her permission to talk to me! I know in law there is no need for consent, I know they have a duty of care for the child, but they have all my info! I just feel I am being discriminated against for being his dad! It's typical that mothers are still to this day seen as the authoritative source!
I feel a complaint to the school coming on!
Not sure it's a matter for this forum, but I'm just so darn angry!
I have an 8 year old son, I split with his mother when he was a couple of weeks old, she walked out, I have always had battles with her on and off about various issues but I have always been there for him, I always have him at weekends and have done since the day she left (when she isn't playing silly monkeys and "stopping me from seeing him").
I miss out on most things like parents evenings etc as I never get told about them, any how I spoke to his school and asked them discreetly if I could speak with his teacher as I wanted to see how he was getting on in school academically. I ask him how he likes school and get the typical "it's ok" response. I asked them to not tell his mother as it would only give her reason to moan at me thinking I am going behind her back. But to my total amazement the school phoned her up and asked her for permission to speak to me!?! I am on his birth certificate, he was born in 2007 meaning I have joint parental responsibility! I filled out all his paper work for the school so they had all my info. I feel like the teacher has totally disregarded my rights as his father in seeking her permission to talk to me! I know in law there is no need for consent, I know they have a duty of care for the child, but they have all my info! I just feel I am being discriminated against for being his dad! It's typical that mothers are still to this day seen as the authoritative source!
I feel a complaint to the school coming on!
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