As I mentioned, this lasted only a short time before Amber again moved back in with her father. For the following year, Amber's mother would come and live with them for a few months then leave again. No one told me that any of this was wrong but it did strike me as just not the way things were suppose to be, and certainly the opposite of the stable family that I was a member of. I gradually felt Amber and me growing apart. Her grades began to slip and she began taking less rigorous courses than I did. From the solid A/B grades she received in Junior High when she was taking pre-AP courses, Amber began getting B/C's in regular classes. She also seem to lose focus on any long term goals that she once had and seems unsure about whether to even go to college or
As I mentioned, this lasted only a short time before Amber again moved back in with her father. For the following year, Amber's mother would come and live with them for a few months then leave again. No one told me that any of this was wrong but it did strike me as just not the way things were suppose to be, and certainly the opposite of the stable family that I was a member of. I gradually felt Amber and me growing apart. Her grades began to slip and she began taking less rigorous courses than I did. From the solid A/B grades she received in Junior High when she was taking pre-AP courses, Amber began getting B/C's in regular classes. She also seem to lose focus on any long term goals that she once had and seems unsure about whether to even go to college or