Family Forum / Parenting / Step Parents / December 2003

jane

Should I give my SS (13 this month) money to buy something for his dad?  For
his sister who lives in Florida?  What about for his biomom (also in Fla)?
Or for his friend?  Or, should he save up his allowance ($16 a week) and buy
those himself?

'Twas the  night before Christmas and Santa's a wreck--
How to live in a world that's politically correct?
His workers no longer would answer to "Elves."
"Vertically challenged" they were calling themselves.

I took a kid in to stay for awhile.  She had spent the night in a
public bathroom stall, and I just couldn't say that she couldn't stay.
She's a friend of my son's and his girlfriend's.  Does anyone have
experience with this type of situation?  I did make her call home and

Are all you west coasters okay?
Sheila

For the first time my son (19) won't be home for Christmas. He has to
work Christmas eve until 11:00pm and again on Boxing Day at 7:00 am and
he has decided that four hours on the bus Christmas day is just too much
(he doesn't drive). We would drive down and get him but we will ...

I received the following from my ASSP pal, Jennifer, who lives in a saner place
than I.  Enjoy:
You know you are in California when…
1. Your co-worker has 8 body piercings and none are visible.

OK,
Here is the deal, my significant other and I have been together almost 4 years.  we got custody of MY 3 children (13, 12, 9) about 9 months ago - their mother is severely emotionally disturbed and was unable to care for them.
We have everyone in therapy (3 therapists) and the ...

   I just spoke with my husband about our trip for Christmas to pick up my
children their father's house Christmas Day.  Please bear with me if I jump
subjects or don't make any sense.
   My ex is supposed to pick my children (2 boys, 1 girl) on dec 22.  Hubby

Well after five years my DH is seeking CS for his three children. He
told his ex last night that she has to sit down with him and work out a
reasonable amount and payment schedule or return to court and let the
judge do it. This after BM claimed that she could not afford to buy

   We've noticed a trend where the 2 youngest ( 6 and 7 ) tend to become
very disruptive in school and not minding at home a few days to a week
before they get to see BM.  As this point, they see her 1 weekend about
every 2 months.  My DH talks to them about their responsibilities ...

...well, only a little one.
Its that time of year (here in Australia) when the school year comes to an
end, school reports are out and some students get an award presented at a
special ceremony. Well my clever 16y/o ( DH's step son) is getting two

Barclay is trying to give up.  He's taking that prescriptive drug to
suppress his cravings and today's the first day that he hasn't had a single
one.
I knew you would appreciate what he's going through.

Hi Folks...your advice and insight would be greatly appreciated on
this issue. My adult stepdaughter is 22 and just graduated from
college with a BFA in Theater. I've been with her Dad for 7 years,
married for the past 3. SD and I get along fairly well, but there are

It took 2 weeks for the phone company to get our main line transferred
over.  They didn't get our data line done until YESTERDAY.  I just got
time to hook the computer up to the line Chewy and I ran to the desk,
and now I'm downloading 26,823 emails.