Family Forum / Parenting / Step Parents / November 2005

Hello.  I am not a step-parent, but have issues with my partner's
adult children that are similar to some I've seen discussed in this
newsgroup.
Background: my partner has been physically separated from his wife for

When I started posting here the reason I did was because I thought it would
be a more active room, any suggestions on a room that really is active, you
know one that ha a new post at LEAST daily, and NO not spam...
Thanks Amanda

Please help!!!!
Before my husband and I got married, he told me that adventually his
brother, sister in-law and niece would be moving from out of the
country and would be living with us until they got on their feet.  I

Hi everyone... I'm really looking for some place to do some venting and
hopefully find a way to help resolve issues within my home.  For a very long
period of time in my life I would have never thought I would be posting in a
step-parenting news group.  Why?  At one time I had given ...

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my 4 year old step daughter won't eat anything i cook.  i asked her mom
for a list of foods that she would eat and i go out of my way to cook
"approved" foods on the nights she is here with her dad and i.  she
always pushes them away and says "mom says i don't have to eat anything

Okay, well I have my 6 year old SS on days that he doesn't have school, my
mother-in-law picks my daughter up for school(b/c she and he go to diff
schools) everyday and takes her for me, but when she comes on days *we* have
my SS he wants to do nothing except go with her, before ...

This is my first post and I am here because I want to save my marraige but
am at a loss as to how. Some background: My 1st wife and I have 3 children
the oldest being 10. My current wife has a 13 year old child. We have been
married for almost 3 years. She moved here from another ...

Hi, just wanted to introduce myself and make sure my post appears as I
am a fisrt time poster.
I am a step parent of two and find it very hard at times.
I am glad I found this group, I didn't get the chance to read through

as a step parent do you discipline or is that left to the bio-parent??
what form of discipline do you use??

Can anyone help? I have 3 children 1 girl and 2 boys my new husband has a
girl and a boy who he does not see and a son of 3 who he adores
I have tried to instill that there is only one rule for all - My daughter
is not a problem as he loves her to bits, but when it comes to my sons ...

If you read my proir notes on my wife and pending infant, you have the
basic problem.  if not, here's basic overview.
I grew up in a strict family.  Not that punishment was constant, but I was
trained from little on that respect of adults was very important.  Even if

Don't know where to start.  I have met a woman that I have found
incredible who comes with a 6 year old son. As hard as I try, I can't
find anything I like about this child.  He has been essentially raised
by his mother alone but he is so rude, disrepectful and insolent.  I

Okay!  Where do I begin?  My husband and I have been together for 15 years
total, but married for 7.  He has two children.  An 18 year old and a 12
year old.  Three years into our relationship, I found about his kids
mother and the now 12 year old.  Somehow, we "worked" through that ...