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Step Kid
Asked by K.D. from Kansas City
on January 5, 2011
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ok so i have a 11 yr old soon to be step son me and his dad have been together almost three yrs i have 2 kids and we have one together due in april. His son is very je...
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- Lots of great responses!! I don't have 1st hand experience with stepchildren, but most children do not seamlessly blend into a new situation. I wish parents would pu...
- An 11 year old boy is picking on other kids not doing everything his is told and talking back really that is absolutely unlike EVERY other 11 year old boy. Maybe the...
- K. -- as his future stepmother -- you need to butt out and leave the discipline to his dad. If his dad wants to wash his clothes, let him. Do you want your stepson...
When Do I Step In
Asked by M.A. from Shreveport
on March 3, 2008
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I have always felt it very important to let kids work out the issues they can on their own...however, my daughter is in the 5th grade - new to the school this year and...
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- NOW!! If you daughter has chosen a friend who can lead her down the wrong path and by that I mean any path that is not in line with your values than you need to step i...
- I think you are on target with the "let the kids handle it themselves" however it is difficult to do that when you see your child being picked on. My daughter is in ...
- M., continue to teach your daughter what is right...maybe suggest that she spend time with other friends, support her and encourage her.....maybe suggest that "she" yo...
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 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 ...
Being a Step Mom
Asked by J.K. from Jamestown
on March 7, 2007
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im a step-mother of 3 kids. 1 girl, shes 11 an 2 boys which are 6 and 7. the 2 boys love me to death but the girl hates the ground i walk on. i have tried everything ...
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- I'm a step-mom of a 16 yr old girl I met her at 11 what I did was I sat down with her and explained to her that I wasn't trying to take her moms place but I love her d...
- I know that it's hard but don't give up on trying to connect with her...and if you know that she's manipilating any situation try not to play into it because then you'...
- Hi J., I am a step child to a woman i do like now. as long as she's not in a mood. LOL all kidding aside. Dont worry she will warm up. I dont know if you have tried...
Step Parent.
Asked by J.M. from Scranton
on November 15, 2010
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Ok so I recently posted a question about my step son comming to our house when he is sick and got totally BLASTED! So many people said "its his home to!" Well having...
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- I love that you understand this. It's hard to be a step-parent, but it's hard to be a step-kid too! Good for you for loving him while honoring the reality that he ha...
- You completely modified your previous question when you didn't get the sympathy you were seeking. People can only respond to what you write and you originally wrote t...
- I have two step sons. Both from different Moms. I have one Son with my husband. My oldest ss was 9 when i met him, my husband has been in and out of his life (his Mom ...
