Family Forum / Parenting / Step Parents / March 2007

i really need help i met my fiance 3 years ago and he has 2 children
one he himself adopted and a little girl he had with his ex
girlfriend. well she hates me! she comes around once a month to get
the kids and she pays no child support and gets all kinds of money

Seems the first grandbaby is on the way.  She told us to plan being up
there in November.
Kitten

I'm trying to imagine what it would be like to be an average person
who is the mother of my eldest stepson. (He was nearly 12 at the time
of seperation, he is now 16 and a half)
Imagine that your husband left you for another woman.  Your son is

I am the step mother of a 25 year old step son.  His father adores
him.  After he graduated from college about 2 years ago he returned to
his basement bedroom, got a job working for the government in the mail
room.  As my step son got into a fight with his step father he has

write back if u care

As a parent, you need to STAY CALM when you're angry or mad with your
child to avoid complicating the situation. Many times people asked me
how I managed to stay calm.
It's NOT that difficult actually. If you're determined to stay calm,

With  new bionic parts and some really good drugs and completely stoned out
of my skull.
Hey Anne, want to trade some of that prozac for some of this lyrica?
Jess

Hi all.  I'm the stepchild in this story.  My dad has been married to
my stepmother for a long time now, and she's become increasingly
terrible to me and my siblings.  I won't go into the details, but
suffice it to say that she's really bad, with diagnosed mental

Actually, Chewy did.  She doesn't call me anymore, not since OS moved
up there and told her all about me being the proverbial wicked step-
mother.  According to Chewy, she's figured out now that he was lying
all along.  Seems he's pulling the same stuff in her house that he did