Family Forum / Parenting / Step Parents / January 2007

My husband and I have been together for about 2 years now.  He has
custody of his 11 year old daughter, and has had custody of her since
his divorce when she was 5.  Since his divorce his ex took his daughter
about one weekend a month, sometimes more.  His daughter loves her mom

I am having a problem with disciplining my stepson.  He lives with us
full-time and is almost 5 years old.  When it is just me and our other
kids with him he listens to me and is an absolute angel!  He always
tells me he loves me and we play games together and do all kinds of fun

Hello everyone i am new to this so please don't be too upset if it seems that
I ramble on!!
So I have two step sons now in my marriage, both with different moms!  Ok yes
that doesn't sound so great but the first son is from a high school love that

Has anyone ever had to deal with this situation? My husband's 12 year
old daughter has been crying when he picks her up and basically has
told him she doesn't want to come stay at our place anymore. We've been
together over a year now, and I've been in his life since before she

I've never done one of these things so i dont really know how to start!..I
just have no one else to talk to and i really feel like i need advice!!! and
a stranger is my best freind at the moment! My situation is that my mother
has been with my step dad scince i was 2! i am 15 now! i ...

My fiancé is in a bit of a pickle and has been asking what I think
about this situation and I really don't know what to say. Recently SD
went to go visit her Mom for a couple of days. SD is not allowed to
spend the night at BM's house; she has to stay at BM's mother's

I do not know exactly what to do except divorce my wife.
I am older (52) - but my wife is older (75) - and we have been married for
12 years now.  She has three sons.  The one youngest is almost my age.  And
he is not a man.  Mama has always bailed him out.  The other two are men, ...

Okay, here's one for everyone to pick through with me.
How, exactly, do you tell what a kid really wants, when he's telling one set
of people one thing, and the other set of people another thing?  My stepson
is 11.   He has been telling us he wants to play baseball this season.

I have two SK's w/ DH, just to clarify, and I have one niece on his
side. So the ex was also her aunt at one time (nearly seven years ago).
The ex feels the need to send gifts for her at Christmas, and her
birthday, etc. She sends the gifts with the SK's and writes FROM:

Say you have a 20-yo son living on his own with friends.
Say you know that this son is hosting a New Year's Eve party at his
apartment, and has promoted on his MySpace site that booze will be
served.