Family Forum / Parenting / Step Parents / January 2004

I'm a bad parent. I have screamed at my child like a lunatic. Now my
child is waking up with nightmares and panic attacks.  My child is
only two and a half years old.
I hardly ever yell at my child, but when my child has temper tantrums

Mike and I are doing well.  This was the third Christmas his family
wanted nothing to do with Little Miss.  But, we've found that there
are great benefits to be had for being disowned - we have nobody's
schedule to work around other than our own.  No having to go over to

Look,   our intentions here was not to start a mess of sh.t.  All we want to know is why someone can be so cruel if soemone herself has been though what Kari has.  We don't wanna get into a fecking catfight over this.  
I just think it is pretty cruel to say if she (Angie) has ...

I'm a brand new step-father.  My wife and I just got married five months ago.  I am 31 years old and she is 27.  I was married for a brief stint about 10 years ago, to which I had a baby girl.  My girl lives with her mother and has for her entire life.  I never really had much of ...

Heya!  Been a long time since I posted, and a long time since I had a SP issue
(yay!)
For those that don't know/remember, I have a SD11 and SS9 who live about 9 hrs
from us.  In the past, BM has been the Bitch-From-Hell...  but things have

When my ex and I separated, we agreed we'd continue to celebrate Christmas
together, so that the girls still had a traditional family Christmas and
didn't feel divided between two households. So for the past 8 years, my ex
comes here for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  Sometimes ...

My name is Holly and I am a manager of a grief group called From Here To Heaven.  One of my members have been verbally and just cruely attacked in email by one of the girls here and I am wondering just how many people she has done this too.  
The email tells my member to get on ...

Background -
My boyfriend of 3 years (living together 1 year) and I are getting married soon.  My only reservation is  his 6 year old dughter who lives with us 80%.  My children are teens and grown.  My boyfriend works long hours (11-12 each day) and I do not work, I just ...

Well, I've been back for a bit, just reading and catching up on familiar
names.  I've decided I've had enough of a breather from the newsgroup, and
since there have been major changes in our family situation, maybe it would
be good to come back in again.  I don't know if any will ...

This is really a marriage problem but its related to the step issue so Im
going to bring it up here. Its a bit long.
Some background: DH's kids came for a visit the weekend before Christmas. It
was brief but nice, probably only the second or third time we've had a visit