Step Parents Adopting: Older Child

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How to Explain Dad Is Really Step-dad

C.S. asks from Omaha

i have a complicated situation and i am not sure what to do. My 7 year old doesn't realize that Daddy isn't his real dad. when we started out it wasn't an issue m...

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Gift Idea for 1St Communion??

S.D. asks from Chicago

Hello Moms, My son was invited to his friend's family 1st Communion party. What is appropiate for a gift and is one necessary?

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Disappearing Daddy

K.G. asks from Pittsburgh

I am a single mother of a 6 year old, wonderful, little boy. I have raised him on my own since he was born. I work full time (plus some), just bought a house for us, ...

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Want to Leave Texas with My Daughter

S.C. asks from Dallas

I would like to leave Texas with my 7-year-old daughter though my possession order/decree says I am limited to Dallas and bordering counties. My ex, my daughter's fa...

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Seeking Step Moms

S.B. asks from Seattle

Are there any step mom's out there who are having a hard time with their step children or feel their husband is not blending well with your children? Or know how to b...

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Blended Family Not Blending Well.

R.D. asks from Barnstable

My wife and I adopt out first child at birth from a local teen mother in 2007, and we have now adopted two sisters from Russia, they have been living with us sense Ja...

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Party Ideas?

D.K. asks from Chicago

Does anyone have any suggestions on different, fun things to do for a 10-yr-old's birthday. I'm planning for a granddaughter, so it's been a loooong time since I did ...

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I Don't Want His Biological Father to Make His Future Life Decisions....

M.A. asks from San Francisco

I have a 7 year old little boy who is severly autistic. He is not my husband's biological child, but he has raised him since he was 4 months old. My son doesn't know ...

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Treating 8 Yr Old Step Son like My Own Advice?

D.M. asks from Los Angeles

My step son who is in the 3rd grade has trouble following simple directions? I don't know if this is common with 8 yr old boys or if he needs special attention. He wa...

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Grandmother with Concerns

C.G. asks from Atlanta

My daughter and son-in-law were unable to have children. They eagerly threw themselves into a foster care program, and before long were thrilled to bring sibling boy...