Step Child & Step Grandchild
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Step Daughter
Asked by R.V. from Kansas City
on April 3, 2008
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I have a 13 year old step-daughter. We have custody of her throught he school year and she goes with her mom in the summer. This school year had been extremely tough...
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- This is a tough one R.!! I too am a step mom, and for the longest time, my step daughter and i did not get along. Do you have any problems with her, or is it just her ...
- I know that you have her in counseling, the cutting thing is an addictive behavior. Your body releases endorphins kinda like morphine when you cut yourself. As you ...
- High I dont now that this will help or not and I dont want to scare anyone that reads this.!There are little gangs , clicks or whatever you want to call the little gro...
Step Daughter
Asked by A.V. from Minneapolis
on October 4, 2010
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We have custody of my step daughter and she is 12 years old and goes to her mothers house every other weekend. For the past 4 weekends she has gone over there her youn...
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- First of all, take pictures and document!! Dates, names, where they were (ie: bed, kitchen, car, etc.) and who all was present at the time of the biting. You state...
- Can you send an air mattress and sleeping bag with her and have your daughter be the one to strongly urge Mom to allow her to set up and sleep in a different area or r...
- It is the responsiblity of parents to keep children safe from each other and the outside world as best we can. The 3 year old is far too old for this kind of behavior ...
Step Kids
Asked by C.C. from Texarkana
on May 30, 2008
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I don't know how to be a step-mom. I try to love them as my own, but I don't know how. I'm told that my tone changes when it comes to my step-kids compared to the to...
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- CC, Im a step parent also. Its TUFF. I have had 3 step mothers in my life from the time of was 12. I wrote the book on getting rid of step mom's! LOL The best thing to...
- You are the step mom no matter what you do your the outsider. Ive been one for 7 years. Some love step parents and other blame step parent for everything. Ive done eve...
- You may never be able to FEEL about them as you do your oen child, but as long as you TREAT them equally, that's what counts. It could be that your tone changes beca...
To the Step Parents
Asked by S.G. from Oklahoma City
on October 6, 2010
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do you like being a step parent? why or why not, did you ever wish you could have your spouse with out the step kids? how did your relationship start and how is it now...
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- Hi I have 2 step children who came to live with us full time 9 years ago when they were 6 and 8 - this happened 2 months before we got married. Their Mother is not ...
- I married a man with a 6 yr old daughter. My step parent experience was a nightmare. Her mother did everything possible to turn her against both of us - even telling...
- I am a step-mom(my stepson lives with us fulltime). My husband is also a step-dad to my kids and I have to say it comes ALOT easier to him than it does to me. I never ...
Step Parent
Asked by C.M. from Sherman
on May 18, 2010
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once the father has punished my 10 yr old step son, i continue to step in is room and let him know why he is in trouble. i see nothing wrong with this, but his father...
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- "This child" as you refer to him is 10 and can comprehend what he's done if he is told once. Why are you trying to drill it in him....it's seems that you are really t...
- I used to remind my own son WHY he was on timeout when he was 1-4. At 7, he no longer needs to be reminded. He knows. Actually at age 4 was when we made the transition...
- I can't hear the tone with which you lecture, but I think you risk any possibility of building a mutually respectful relationship with this boy with this practice. ...
Step Mom
Asked by S.A. from Columbia
on February 27, 2010
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I'm am so lost..I don't have kids..I have a 2.5 yo stepson to be. I love him. But i'm confused. I never had step parents cept for my step dad but he totally took the p...
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- sorry for all of those negative people out there! I would say that when he's in your care that you have the right to do anything a mother would do as far as making dec...
- You have some awesome questions but you should be asking your fiancee. This is something the both of you need to sit down and work out. I am a step mom and prior to ge...
- I too am a "stepmom". The girls are now 8 and 12, but were a lot younger years ago when I married their father. I too struggled with what you are going through. Th...
Step Sister
Asked by T.C. from El Paso
on February 2, 2007
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I have a little bit of a dilema. My mom, a year ago, married a great guy who has a 13 yr old daughter who lives with them. I get along great with him & his daughter. S...
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- Hi T., You show a great deal of caring in bringing up this issue. If your step sister is talking with you about other things, perhaps she will discuss her feelin...
- Right now your son trusts you not to tell anyone but if you do you might possibly ruin the trust you have with him. I would talk to your son and let him know to let yo...
- Tell, tell, tell! If you know something that is causing you this much concern I believe you should tell them. They need to know what is going on so it can be dealt w...
Step Children
Asked by E.S. from Green Bay
on October 6, 2006
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I am a 25 year old mother of 3. 1 is mine, one is my husbands and we have one together.... I am adjusting to step parenting but it's not easy when I was a single mothe...
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- i would maybe get her in some sort of therpy. it might help her to talk to someone besides you and your husband.. give her lots of postive feed.. have her help around ...
- Hi E., You are in a very similar situation as I am. I would like to talk to you more one on one and share with each other things that are happening. I too am ...
- Wow! Kudos to you for being the mom this little darling needs! It sounds like you are really trying hard to make your step-daughter feel welcomed and loved. Growing up...
Step Sisters
Asked by T.M. from Lansing
on September 1, 2010
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Is there any law that says that children that live in the same home should not be put in the same class room? My daughter was enrolled in a different school system and...
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- All of my kids are in the same class, we homeschool. Pioneer days siblings sometimes didn't see any other person, let alone another unrelated/related (apart from sibs)...
- That's insane. My sister and I took classes all the time, but that was 10 years ago.
- I know 2 sets of twins one mom wanted them together, the other didn't. They both got what they wanted. There isn't a law, just schools following parents wishes at le...
Step Daddy
Asked by J.N. from New York
on February 18, 2010
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I knwo most say to leave it up to the child whether they call the step parent daddy or mommy and that is fine with me as well but my fiance is feeling uncomfortable. N...
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- I haven't read the other responses so I hope I'm not resaying the same things. We are raising some of our grandkids and they know who their mom is but only one of them...
- I had the same issues w/my now husband and my children when they were small - my son was only 4 at the time when he (out of the blue) started calling my husband (then ...
- As long as you are trying to keep her father in her life (which I think is more than kind of you since he obviously doesn't want to be in her life right now) then let ...
