You are wrong. I have given my son and his girlfriend every chance to step up and be good parents. Their house is filthy, they don’t have jobs, and my granddaughter is the one who suffers. Should I continue to enable the situation? What would you have me do?

April 10, 2026 - 15:59 UTC

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I can’t tell you what to do but I can tell you what not to do: file a guardianship petition against your own child.

Being poor and even having a dirty house don’t make you bad parents. CPS even recognizes this.

That is your *child*. If they still need parenting, parent them. And not “tough love”
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Do you have children? Do you have grandchildren? Do you have any idea how it feels to worry about their safety EVERY SINGLE DAY? I have just recently thought about taking legal action. I love my son but my granddaughter deserves better.
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Like I say in the thread, I can imagine scenarios where a contested guardianship petition against your own child might be warranted but I have NEVER IN MY ALMOST 30 YEARS IN FAMILY LAW seen it happen. So introspect REAL fuckin hard.
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You’ve given them chances, but have you given them support?

I don’t mean financial.
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