I have found myself in a pickle and I am ready to bounce. I recently got reconnected with my high school  love but things are not so peachy. His parenting skills are questionable and he is very defensive about it.  I have 5 children he has one. My two youngest lives with  us ages 14 and 13 his son is 11 going on 40.  His mouth has no boundaries and if I say anything I am picking on him.  Granted he's been a single dad for 11 years  and he don't care for any criticism especially from me.