The family meetings never seemed to resolve anything. “It was like Ryan and his father were on two different planes,” Beth says. “And I would be caught in the middle all the time, which was a stumbling block for me.” Eventually, Beth stopped trying to play mediator and began excluding her husband from the conversation. “I used to run everything past my husband, but he was constantly so hard on Ryan,” says Beth. “After a while, I just took my husband out of the equation so I could start moving forward with Ryan. Basically, now I just let my husband know what I’m doing but I’ve taken him out of
...more
