Does Anyone Watch Sister Wives on TLC?

I have caught a few episodes. I wonder if she feels a bit like a divorced mom who allows her child to move in with dad for a time. We don't know what "clash" really means to them and maybe this is truly the best solution for right now. I spent a couple of weeks off and on with my grandmother when I was a teen. Mom and I just needed a break from each other.

Personally, I think 8-9 is a rotten age for girls. It was a very hard time for us with SD.

I think Robin was looking for a knight in shining armor and didn't really think through what it meant to her children to be a part of this family. She's moved them twice now. No wonder they're having issues.

I don't watch the show, but my guess is that she knows what most of us know... the grass isn't greener on the other side of the fence. When her daughter is in the other house, there will still be rules and expectations as well as consequences. It won't last long. The child will miss her mother and vice versa. They may both appreciate eachother after a week or two apart.

When I was in middle school, my best friend fought terribly with her mother- all the time and over everything. She was very close to my mother and asked if she could live with us for a while. Our mothers talked and agreed to allow it for up to three weeks so they could both cool down and gain some perspective.

Well, my parents are amazing but far more strict that she realized during her weekend sleepovers! After a week or so, she was ready to go home and deal with her own living situation because she realized that my parents weren't all "take-out and movies" during the week.

Haven't caught season 3... but with plural famililes... yeah... it's TOTALLY common.

One thing you have to remember is that they're ALL MOM. Just like adoptive parents love their children, the non-biological moms have raised and loved each child as their own, as well. It's reeeeeally common for certain parents to get along (personality wise) with certain kids more than others. It's not that you love one of your children less, it's that you CLICK with certain kids more than other kids.

Similarly, you know how certain parents in monogamous families butt heads with ONE of their kids all the time, but not the others? Same thing happens in plural families. But in plural families one of the BENEFITS is that the kid who pushes all your buttons, doesn't push a single button of one of their other moms.

I love ADHD kids. By and large, they are RELAXING for me. My SIL, otoh, is punctual/ precise/ linear. HER adhd kids drive. her. up. the. wall. So they can come stay with Aunt R. for a few weeks every summer and we have a blast and my SIL gets a break. They are EXHAUSTING for her, but RELAXING for me. It's a "click" thing. I love ALL my neices and nephews... but the ADHD ones and I REALLY click. Same token, the tomboys (not ADHD) and I click. It's JUST about personality. We either think the same, or we enjoy the same stuff.

In a plural family, one of the HUGE benefits, is that there is almost always that 'connection' with one of your moms. You don't destroy the relationship with your biological mother by fighting all the time... you have a GREAT relationship with your biological mother... because you spend most of your time with one of your moms that you don't drive crazy. And because you're not driving your bio mom crazy, you're able to have a loving relationship with HER as well, instead of constantly fighting with her. Same token, you're not allowed to disrespect your bio-mom, because your other moms won't tolerate it. So you end up (usually) with happy moms and happy kids.

One thing to keep in mind, as well, is that all of the moms on this show GREW UP in polygamy. They had moms they were closer to than others, and moms they fought with more than others. They KNOW that one of their bio kids living with one of the other moms DOESN'T MEAN that they don't love their bio kid to bits, or that their bio kid doesn't love them. It's a personality thing OR a logistics thing. (Like often, when one mom has a new baby, the rest of her bio kids spread out with their other moms, so no one gets all exhausted).

It's also pretty fluid. Sometimes one mom is better with toddlers and another mom is better with teens and another mom is better with homework or teaching and another mom is better with sports and another mom is better with cooking and another mom is better with emotions (there can be 20 things to be better with, and only 2, 3, 4 moms, ... just like we ALL are better with/enjoy some aspects of life/parenting more than others)... The kids naturally gravitate toward the parent that is "better" with them at a particular stage or with their particular interests.

MAJOR PERK. & Yes. TOTALLY normal, culturally speaking.

I too was a little disturbed by the moving in the Meri. I would fix my relationship with my daughter, not pawn her off.

I do like the show, and their lifestyle doesn't bother me at all. That said, I do think it will crash and burn. When families are put on reality TV, 90% of the time they end up divorced. The Newlyweds, Jessica and Nick, The Barkers, Kate and John Gosslin, Hulk Hogans family, just to name a few. I see this happening with the sister wives. The media attention and the stress is toxic. It will explode soon.

I am very intrigued by this family. I in NO WAY HATE THEM OR ARE DISGUSTED by them. That is so rude!
But you have to remember that when they lived in UTAH they shared a house. They all lvied under the same roof just in different portions of the house. So the children had free reign to each other and to each of the moms. You also must remember this is TV!! You saw what the directors wanted you to see. If Christine did have any reservations they didn't show it. I agree with one of the other moms below about the greener grass, it usually doesn't take long for a child to miss home, mom, brothers and sisters. I think they just wanted us to see that this is another aspect of plural marriage, the kids are parented by all the moms.
Be careful what you believe on these type of shows. Reality TV is not totally TRUE reality.
Good Luck and GOD BLESS!
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I think that it's a perk of polygamy! She even said that when she was young she lived with her other mother and her other mother was really getting on her about her behavior with her birth mom.
Would I do it? Nope. But, I wouldn't share my husband either.
What *I* thought was interesting was the episode on Sunday that talked about how these women would NOT have been in a polygamous marriage if they could have made the choice. But, since they believe in the "principal" they are living that life.
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I do watch the show. I don't agree with their lifestyle, but I still find it interesting to watch. Christine's attitude about her daughter moving in with Meri was strange to me. What really bothered me was Robyn saying how her children aren't happy and when they are old enough to decide, they can choose to leave the family and go live with their biological father. She dragged them into this polygamist lifestyle and now she's basically saying if you don't like it, leave. Those are her children!! That bothered me a lot.

I watch the show and I was a bit suprised but not really at the same time. Plural families are used to spending time at the other mom's houses and this has been a norm for them. I think it was more of an extension of that.

If my kids leave for one night, i miss them terribly!!! I don't see how they do it, but I also haven't experienced a plural marriage--so I don't know.

I am a faithful watcher since day one, I think its facinating although I don't "agree" with them. I was not surprised by BOTH girls moving in with Meri and I do agree that it is a "perk" of their lifestyle. I do think they all get together AT LEAST several times a week as a family and I think they are close enough that the older kids walk or ride bikes over to the other moms homes. Meri is the one that is a mile away, the others are in the same area. So I think it is a good idea if Christine feels that her child will listen better to Meri and grow to be respectful than I think it *may* be a better choice than having a bad relationship with her own mom. On a different subject that concerned ME more about that issue was what seemed like resistance from Meri. She just sat there while Kody and Robin and Christine were talking about it and even stated "don't you love how they all talk about me like I'm not here". She even commented after the girls went to bed "what did I get myself into". So I think it really was Kody and Christine's idea and she pretty much HAD to go along with it. But overall, I think if you choose to live "differently" than the average family, you have to live with the consequences of that decision.

I think that lifestyle is disgustiong and dysfunctional and would not allow my child to move in with someone else. I am the parent and it is my responsibility to raise my children through the good and yes the bad too! Too bad women can't marry multiple men and continue to upgrade. LOL!

I watch the show once in a while, but I think the show is disturbing too.

I don't think we can understand it but those kids have FOUR moms. It's not "mine" or "yours" when it comes to kids. Probably if we're not in the lifestyle, we can't wrap a brain around it.
Meri is also losing her only daughter son to college--so this will fill her nest a bit.
I think if I was married to Kody Brown, I'd clash a lot with Christine as well! She sure got her world rocked once she's not the "newest" wife anymore.
I love that show. Totally addicted.