Family Forum / Parenting / Step Parents / April 2007

My step son is 14, a behaviour problem, lying, sneaking out at night and
this weekend finding out he's been stealing from me. His mom is no help
what so ever, she says he can behave anyway he wants to here, she
doesn't care. Every weekend he and his 12 yr old sister are here is

Amazing! It's been well over a year since she moved out, and they are still
together. My stepdaughter (now 19) moved out of my home last year when I
made it clear to both her and her mother that I was not living in a
two-family household. At the time, marital problems were severe ...

I have been a step-parent to an emotionally disturbed little girl who
is 8 years old for 4 years now. As her step mom I am sad to say that I
don't have loving, cuddly feelings toward this little child. She was a
baby that was physically abused by her bio-mom and was placed in

I recall a thread a while back about this. I certainly never expected to
be in this position, but...my 14 year-old SD has head lice. She's had
them for at least 2 months, maybe three, and has been being treated for
4-5 weeks. The lice persist. She's been treated twice - the first ...

This is my first post. I have been married almost three years now and
have a beautiful 13 year old SD. Her biological mom passed away of
cancer five years ago. One might think that she would be full of anger
and unaccepting of me but it is quite the opposite. She is gentle and

I'm having problems with my in-laws. I have two children, although
they only "have room in their heart for one".
They keep my daughter every Friday night, but for the most part, never
keep my son. (the girl is 7 the boy is 5). For the first 4 years of

OK, last August we got a "kids' phone" for the teens to share.  This
was something we'd thought long and hard about, but a trip YD was
taking prompted us to move ahead on the decision.  The understanding
was that each of the kids using the phone would pay an equal share of

I have been dating a guy for 6 months now and we both divorced our ex
around the same time last year.  We knew of each other and saw each
other one day and have been talking and now are in a committed
relationship with each other.  My former marriage was easy for me to

I have been reading a few posts here and there about step-children that
won't move out, or refuse to do anything around the house. I figured I would
throw my tow cents in also.
    My SS is now 16. Will be 17 in three months. He is failing a grade for

I need some advice. My girlfriend and I have been together for 5 years now
and she has a 16 year old son who is a freshman  in high school.  The
problem is he is spoiled and I don't know what to do. He's allowed to stay
up all night long,even on school nights. He has no ...

So I have typed on here before about problems with my stepdaughters
bio mom.  Well I am really upset tonite.  My stepdaughters mom has not
called in about 2 weeks.  My sd's have e-mail and they e-mail some
members of their mom's family.  Well I guess the older one e-mailed