Family Forum / Parenting / Step Parents / June 2005

Hi. My situation is very typical I think, but I don't really know how to
deal with it.  I've been dating a man for 2.5 years that has a 6 year old
son.  The son is very jealous (i.e. "you love me more than her don't you
dad" type behavior) and possessive.  He is verbally rude and in ...

Im looking for some advice!!!  Im 25 years old and dating a men that is 37
(Kenny).  We have been dating for about 6 months and every thing seems to
be going really well.  Now I think I’m read to meet his son.  His son is
18 (John) and has a baby of his own on the way He is not ...

Hello.  I'm writing to get some advice on my situation.  I am a step mother
for the past 2 years to four children ages 7,10,16 and 17.  3 boys and 1
girl.  My husband gained full custody and the mother has visitation.  I
have 2 children myself 7 and 11.  Yes, we're a family of 6.  ...

Hi..
I am not going to be a step parent, but I am going to have one very
soon.  Im not sure how to handle the situation..  I feel that he is
trying to take the place of my father. Telling me what to do, etc.  My

I havnt gotten along with my step mother ever since the beginning. i tryed
to make it work over the past 3 years and it did begin to work out the
last year and a half - 2 years. recently her and i got into another
argument but now she tells me not to try to contact her anymore.

Hello all.  It's been a long time since I've posted on ASSP.  AOL
dropped newsgroups early this year and I couldn't stand going through
Google.  Anyway now we have a new high speed service and thankfully I
can access newsgroups again.

In the next month or two I will be flying with my wife and her daughter
from Latvia to Seattle.  Total travel time will be somewhere in the
ballpark of 18 hours.  We will have a short 2.5 hour flight to where we
must change planes to fly to Seattle.  The 2nd leg will be the doozy of