Family Forum / Parenting / Step Parents / October 2005

I am a parent of 2 very young school aged girls.  There are times I wonder if I am being the best parent for them. My spouse and I both work, just like other parents. We went through the years (and expense) of daycare.  We have gone through the abuse at daycare.
We have done ...

My husband and I met 10 years ago, each with 2 boys the same ages!  We made
an agreement that if there were problems and it came down to each other or
our children, our children would take presidence. We waited until all the
boys were out on their own before marrying a year ago. I ...

Hello I'm about to married a man that has custody of his to
daughters..their mother has visitions ...and is always upsetting the girls
when she picks-up and drops off ...by bad mouthing me and their fater in
front of them how do I handle this seeing I'm the one home when she comes

Hello everyone. New and overwhelmed. ANY advice anyone can shed on this
subject would be greatly appreciated. I'll try to make this as short as
possible. I'm 11 years younger than my significant other--she has 3
children and a grandchild that she is raising, while I have a daughter

I am marrying a beautiful man I've known for 20 years but hadn't seen since
college until last fall.  He was in a very unhappy marriage.  They lived
separate lives for 5 years, he left once before.  Anyway, we were wrong in
having an affair, but now he is divorced and we are ...