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Step Parenting

S.B. asks from Las Cruces

My 9 year old step daughter is failing school and beating up on other children encluding siblings. She is having problems at school and at home and on the bus just ev...

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Step Daughter

R.V. asks from Kansas City

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 toug...

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Step Mom

C.M. asks from Sherman

well about my 10 yr old step son ... i went to him this morning and said to him can we talk and try to put this all behind us and start over? he said yes .. i ask h...

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Step Daughter

A.V. asks from Minneapolis

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 you...

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Step Kids with a Lack of Respect for Things

S.H. asks from Spokane

What is the best way to handle step children that have a lack of respect for furniture and clothing? My step kids come everyother weekend, and almost everyweekend so...

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Step Kids and Holidays

S.G. asks from Oklahoma City

I have 4 children, 3 step and one my own (one step daughter is grown and 2 states away) My younger two step daughter's had their mom list it in the divorce decree tha...

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Frustrated Coparenting My Step Kids with Their Dad

T.C. asks from Austin

I'm sitting here listening to my step kids watch a movie together while our 2 year old is taking her nap. The way they talk to each other is horrible. Snide, curt, ...

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For Step Families Who Don't Use the Word *Step*

L.P. asks from Pittsburgh

I've read responses on this site, where people have said that they don't refer to step relationships in their families as *step.* For instance, a mom might say that ...

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Do Step Parents Ever Love Their Step Kids as Much or Close to as Much as a Bio?

J.M. asks from Philadelphia

I'm J. curious if my idealistic vision in my head is going to only leave M. with high hopes and dissapointments. I don't think I could picture settling down and marr...

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Answer Highlights

  • some ground rules in 2 answers "effort, try to talk to her and see if there are some ground rules that would be helpful ..."
  • their step parent in 2 answers "I think the important thing is that the child thinks their step parent loves them ..."
  • mom and step dad in 2 answers "He lives with his mom and step-dad, but is here as much as possible."
  • alternating holidays in 2 answers "Perhaps alternating holidays instead of trying to share them would work out better."
  • within 5 minutes in 2 answers "It might be fine if you live within 5 minutes of each other and never have other family ..."