Behavior expectations 
My husband and I have been married for five years. The first year into our marriage he won physical custody of his two sons (now ages 17 & 12). We have ...

bio mom neglects step son 
I take care of my 9 year old step son 5 days a week during school days. His mother gets him on the weekend. She is a hoarder and doesn't clean her apt....

I feel like im failing at raising my girlfriends kids 
I am a 35 year old lesbian who is dating a mother of 2 and we have our differences as far as how we were raised and the ways/ideas of raising children....

raising a step son who has a brother from another father 
when i got involved with my husband who was then my boyfriend, i knew he had a son but i knew he was part of the package. few years down the line, his ...

Mom allows teenager to run the house 
I absolutely love my family. Not having been a parent and only having cared for my god children this was a learning experience. The trouble I am having ...

Lazy Step Son 
I have question about my soon to be step son. He is 23 lives in our basement he doesn't work does nothing around the house not even clean up after himself....

Getting Married with a 5 year old as a step daughter 
My problem is small in comparison to the others posted, but I fear that it'll become a much larger one if I don't address it now.

I'm getting married ...

help me please i dont know what to do 
when i got with my partner, i had no children of my own but he had a 6 year old from his last relationship. the ex was crazy and kept threatening us and ...

Conflict Between Parenting Styles 
Me and my spouse, each of us entering into our relationship with four children of our own, definitely have a full house. We have a conflict between parenting ...

Resentment for my Boyfriend's Daughter 
I've been dating my boyfriend now for a little over 1 year. He was never married, but has a 3 year old daughter from a 4 year relationship. I also have ...

Relationship with ex-girlfriend's 9 year old daughter following a breakup of a 3-year relationship 
Hi

My ex-girlfriend and I started dating a little over 3 years ago during what was the tail end of 3 year separation between her and her ex-husband....

How to Discipline Step Children 
Question about How to Discipline Step Children: I have been with my boyfriend for 9 months. I have a 9 and 8 year old and he has a 8 and 6 year ...

How to help your step kids deal with their deadbeat Mom? 

How to help your step kids deal with their deadbeat Mom?

I've got 3 beautiful stepchildren between the ages of 11 and 5. I love them just ...

Inappropriate comments from a father? 
Is is appropriate for a father to tell his 14 year old daughter that she has the sexiest arse ever? Or to tell her that her arse looks f***king hot in ...

Being a Step Mother 
Being a Step Mother

I am living with my fiance and he works full time and his daughter's mother has walked away completely, so I am here raising my ...

Jealous Step Daughter 
Jealous Step Daughter

I've been with my partner for nearly 5 years. We chose not to live together. My partner sees his daughter every weekend. I see ...

Mother Ready to Give Up 

Mother Ready to Give Up

I have been married for 8 years and have a son from a previous marriage. My son was 7 at the time. My husband and ...

Fiance Disciplines My Daughter 
Fiance Disciplines My Daughter

My fiance was raised under strict rules, now, he is taking over the discipline of my 11 year old daughter. I do not agree ...

Step Son Problems 
Step Son Problems

I'm at a loss here. I have a 17 year old step son. I have been with my husband for 7 years now, and have been the bad guy with the ...

Problems with Middle Age Step Children 
My husband has 3 grown children 52, 49 and the youngest is 45. I am younger than my husband but I am near 60 years old myself. The children and I only ...

Step daughter texts that she hates me 
My 12 year old step daughter had $60. My husband and I took her and her friend to the mall to shop for Christmas gifts. I then took her and her friend ...

Hard for me to tell my step-children that I love them 

I am 31 yrs old and I am the stepmother to 3 children ages 15, 13 and 7 from my husband's previous marriage. Their father and I have been married ...

Advice for Faltering Marriage and No Consequences for Bad Behavior 
Advice for Faltering Marriage and No Consequences for Bad Behavior

I am in my sixteenth month of my third marriage and desperately want to salvage ...

Why is it so hard for my in-laws to treat the kids fairly? 

Well here's the situation. I have two kids from a previous marriage and my husband has one. My family has no problem accepting my husband's ...

Discipline My Stepson 
How do I deal with my in-laws when it comes to my stepson?
I have already been told by my future in-laws that I am not to correct or discipline my stepson....

Help - i feel like i'm a horrible person for having these feelings 
I have no children of my own. I recently married a man with a daughter who is now 6. He has a ton of guilt about his relationship with her mother and spoils ...

Don't know where to go from here with my stepson 
During the last 3 months, my stepson has started refusing to come to our house. He won't tell my husband why, but when his mother calls she says it's ...

how to help my fiance stop defending his children 
How to Help My Fiance Stop Defending His Children

My fiance and I have lived together for a few years now. His children are only with us a few days ...

Out of control 11 year old step daughter - HELP 
Out of control step daughter - Help! - My 11 year old step daughter is driving me NUTS! We have three children in our household, 13, 11 and 9. For the ...

Daughter Gets Jealous of Boyfriend 
My daughter turns 4 in September and I love her dearly. She is a lovely, polite little girl who makes me smile every day. Our relationship is great.

I ...

Hating My Step Son 
I married into a ready made situation with my much younger husband and his 2 year old son. I was happy with it being that he had sole physical custody ...

Invading my space 
My step son is 15 and at times has been "invading my space." As he walks by, he might slide his hand across my shoulder or arm or leg or back. My reaction ...

Stressed Out Mom 
I'm pretty desperate right now and sometimes I believe that the situation I am living at the moment will end up destroying my family. I met Joe about 6 ...

Step Daughter and Nagging Ex 
I have been with my husband for 3 years and married for 6 months. I met him when his daughter was 13 and she was great. About a year into our relationship,...

How do I stop my husband from sabotaging my relationship with my step kids? 
My husband and I have been married for 2 years. He has 3 girls, 18, 16, and 12. I have 3 boys, 19, 16 and 10. I am finding being a step parent to the girls ...

I am a man with custody of my two teens 
Hi,

I have joint but residential custody of my two teenagers: 16 boy and 15 girl. They both live with me and my second wife of 3 years. I also have ...

Step Son Won't Leave Home 
My step son is 23 yrs old and still lives with his dad and I. I don't ask for a whole lot except keep your room clean, no food in the bedroom and make ...

Okay to call Stepmother Mommy? 
I have three young stepchildren, and one with my spouse, their father. We have asked the stepchildren to call me mommy, so as to not confuse their new ...

Step Mother vs Mother 
I have identical twin step sons whom I love and treat as I do my own daughter. The problem is their mother. My husband, the biological father of the twins ...

Resentful Stepchild 
Resentful Stepchild

I have been dating a man who is separated with a 21-year old child. The girl, Sara, blames me for "breaking up her family" and ...

Help - My daughter hates my husband 
My husband and I have been married for 2 1/2 years. I have three children, daughter - 14, daughter - 10, son - 7. My oldest daughter "hates" my husband....

Adult Stepchildren Won't Leave Home 
Adult Stepchildren Won't Leave Home

Help!

I am in my second marriage. My wife has 3 kids: 21 23 and 24 who still live at home. I don't know what ...

Step Parenting Grown Stepsons 
My new husband of a year and a half has 2 boys, 20 and 22, who both live on their own. The 22-year old is going to school at a university and in his senior ...

Saving My Marriage 
Saving My Marriage

I am a new step mom to 3 kids who hate me. They are 17, 20, and 22. I also have 3 children who are married and love my new husband ...

Defiant Teen 
What To Do About Defiant Teen Stepson

My partner and I have been dating for two years. My children have grown and left the family home, so I moved in ...

Resentment for Stepchild 
My boyfriend and I moved in together 7 months ago; we both have children from relationships. He and I have been acquaintances for 5 years, so we both knew ...

Getting over my resentment for my stepson and the past... 

Let me start off by saying my fiance and I are not married yet, we plan to be married on Nov 7, but have been together for 2 years now. Anyway,...

Step-parenting young adults 
I have 3 children:-17 (high school senior), 19 & 21-all still in the home (going to college & working). I have been married to my husband for 2 years ...

Photos of My Future Husband's Child in Our House  Not rated yet
My fiancé and I live in two different states, approximately 8 hours away from each other.
I am in the process of relocating to a home we are purchasing ...

teenagers and summer jobs?  Not rated yet
just wondering how to stop fighting with step son about getting a job during summer break. Any input or direction on teenagers and summer jobs would be ...

treating kids differently  Not rated yet
i have been in a relationship for 3 years i have 3 boys my partner has 3 children a boy and 2 girls. we have his children every second weekend and over ...

picking up bad vibes from 15 year old step son who visits family home,  Not rated yet
my partner has has taken this personally and blames me when mutually the stepson feels this way by his actions towards me. We disagree with time away ...

a step parent for my son  Not rated yet
I have been married for about 2 1/2yrs. I have a 9 yr old from a previous relationship and some days they get along but for the most part they don't. My ...

6yr old stepdaughter doesn't want to leave daddy's house  Not rated yet
My husband has 2 children from a previous relationship. We have been together for 5 yrs. The girls were 2 and 6 when we met. We have them every other weekend ...

am I being too selfish  Not rated yet
I have been together with my partner for 6 yrs and spent this time together with her 10 year old son. We recently moved house and I just noticed she placed ...

Boyfriends daughter doesn't want to meet me  Not rated yet
My boyfriend and i both have children, me a son (4) and him a daughter (6). he spend a lot of time at my place and knows my son well. His daughter on ...

biological mom is telling children to not like me  Not rated yet
Im in a tight spot. I am currently dating my boyfriend who has a three year old son and six year old daughter. his ex wife has told her children to be ...

i have a stepdaughter who is spoiled by daddy  Not rated yet
I have a stepdaughter who loves her daddy very much. I am pregnant with his child and see a big change in the stepdaughter and my relationship, how can ...

Soon to be step daughter.  Not rated yet
My question: My fiance was living with his mother before we became engaged, she is very close to him. He has a 11 yr old daughter of whom I've tried to ...

Help Stepson Adjust to Pregnancy  Not rated yet
How can can I help my 7 year old stepson adjust to my pregnancy. He is very angry that we're having a baby and the fact that it's a boy has made the adjustment ...

Sleep habits  Not rated yet
My fiancee and I have been together for 4 years. He has an 8 year old girl and I have a 6 year old boy. The kids get along great! The problem is whenever ...

confused about what is best for my daughter  Not rated yet
My current fiancé and I have been together for about 2 years but best friends for 10. He is having a hard time dealing with my oldest daughter talking ...

3 years in and I feel like a hampster on a wheel  Not rated yet
Ok, g/f has a 16, 18 and 21 year old girls. They are "polite, generally good kids. But refuse to accept me. The g/f tries to talk to them, but they ...

step mum of two with one of my own  Not rated yet
i feel like giving up and taking my baby away from all of this. i love my partner very much. he has a 10 year old boy and a 8 year old girl. i have no ...

i thought i knew what was in the package   Not rated yet
My story started two years ago. I knew my wonderful hubby was a package deal but this is crazy sometimes. He has two older kids 24 and 21 and two younger ...

concerned grandma  Not rated yet
My son is marrying a lovely young woman, I'll call her Betty. She has been a great influence on my son and I am happy for them. My concern is my granddaughter ...

The 24 yr old stepdaughter...  Not rated yet
I know that 24 rs old is a little too old to possibly be looking for help, but the situation has become very bad. I married my husband 3 yrs ago, when ...

Stepdad is unwilling to forgive  Not rated yet
I have a a son who is 18. He is getting married, graduating and wants to go to the army with his new wife. My son has some anxiety and anger issues. He ...

Help me  Not rated yet
My son, who just turned three in march is treating his new daddy horribly, I try to reassure my husband that for nearly three years it was just my son ...

How to cope with a troubled step tween?  Not rated yet
My step son is 12 and is acting out at school and at home. He knows that I will not tolerate his behavior at home so he doesn't act out as much there as ...

Step Parenting Question  Not rated yet
My fiance sees his children regularly however the mother of the children is trying to put restrictions on me seeing them. We are due to be married next ...

My 17 year old stepson does not like me  Not rated yet
My husband and I have been together for 5 years and married for 2 years. He has full custody of his 2 sons who are now 17 and 13. I do everything for these ...

step parenting help  Not rated yet
I have a 13 year old daughter and i remarried when she was 6. For the entire time of my marriage i have struggled with including my spouse in the "immaterial"...

Uncontrollable step children  Not rated yet
I am a step mother of 3 children with 2 boys of my own. The step children are 20 (girl), 17 (girl), and 16 (boy). He lives with his mother because he ...

absentee biological mother  Not rated yet
My spouse has 2 boys from his previous marriage. They are 8 & 9. When they decided to come live with us, she stopped calling, coming to see them, etc. He ...

Living arrangements for step-children  Not rated yet
I am recently married, my husband has two children from a previous marriage, and I have two as well. We also have another child on the way. I have always ...

How to Help My Daughter Accept My Boyfriend  Not rated yet
I've been dating someone for almost a year and have very very slowly introduced my 8 yr old daughter to him. We are now at the stage where she understands ...

boyfriend sets mixed boundaries for his son  Not rated yet
I'm at my wits end, please help! my boyfriend sets mixed boundaries for his son along with other issues.

I met my boyfriend last feb. He has separated ...

How Do You Tell Grown StepChild with A spouse and Child that they Visit too Often  Not rated yet
I am so depressed. I have asked over and over from my spouse to include me when his son is coming to supposedly my house. Or the question is it my house?...

Step mom wants her own children too, what to do?  Not rated yet
I am a step mom to two boys 10 & 12, we've been nurturing our step family for 5 years now. Before I became part of this family I knew I wanted to raise ...

Relationship with Step Son  Not rated yet
How do you create a loving and supportive relationship with step son who is 8 years old and believes you are responsible for his parent's break up in the ...

Adult Step Children Visiting Every 2 months or more  Not rated yet
My husband has 3 sons and I have 2 sons, all of them are grown and married except one. I am obviously his second wife.

I have problems with my husband ...

Lack of relationship with potential step-child  Not rated yet
My fiance and I have been together for 3 years, engaged for most of that also. He has a 7 yr old daughter from a previous relationship, his ex-partner ...

Does age of step children matter?  Not rated yet
Every article I have been reading or coming across always speaks of the step children as being older. My soon to be step kids (twins, boy and a girl)...

Help me with my stepson  Not rated yet
My partner of 17 years fooled around year 4 into our relationship and got the other woman and myself pregnant at almost the same time...she got pregnant ...

Why do I dislike my stepson?  Not rated yet
I fell in love with my fiance about 3 years ago. He is an amazing man. He met my son after a few months of us dating and we chose to put off my meeting ...

Conflict with husband over disciplining the kids  Not rated yet

I recently married about 4 months ago. And with that came 2 children, my 9 year old and his 4 year old. Recently we had a huge blow up over a conflict ...

Surname for new baby in step family  Not rated yet
Hello. I have a 10 year old daughter and a new partner. We have been living together for about a year and I am now pregnant. The relationship between my ...

Why Will He Listen to Me but Not His Birth Father, Who I am Marrying?  Not rated yet
That's pretty much it. I'm a single mom, engaged to be married to a man who has a 25 year old son, a 24 year old daughter, and a 10 year old son.

The ...

Step son Neglected by Bio Mom - How Do I Help?  Not rated yet
My step son is 8 years old and appears to be VERY underweight for his age, mentally slow, has a SERIOUS lack of common sense and has the serious inability ...

Step Parenting Advice  Not rated yet
My new girlfriend is a mother of three great girls we have been seeing each other for a few months now and are getting more serious we had talked about ...

Daughter is distant with step mom  Not rated yet
I've been married for 11 years now and my 16 year old daughter is still distant from my wife. She's not mean, she just won't initiate conversation with ...

struggling parent of a 4yr son and 13 yr old step son  Not rated yet
I am a 25 year old female. me and my husband have a 4 year old son together. my husband has a 13 year old son whom we gained custody of 3 years ago, after ...

Hateful Posts on Facebook  Not rated yet
What should you do when your step child posts comments on facebook like..."I hate my f***ing step mother!"

How Can I help my 8 yr old Step daughter  Not rated yet
Hi,

My stepdaughter is 8 and lives with her mum and I. We are expecting a baby in July and my step daughter sees her dad every other weekend as has ...

What to Do with the Step Children   Not rated yet
What to Do with the Step Children

It has been over 4 years since their dad and I have been together. We are engaged. Their mom re-married over a year ...

When you raise a step child and they leave  Not rated yet
I met my step son when he was six. He (and his dad) moved in with me and we lived together for the next 12 years. During that time I have had to deal ...

Teen age love  Not rated yet
My stepson, who is 17 years old, brought his girlfriend home in June and she lived with him in my basement through August. I told him that I was not okay ...

Stepchild's Mother is the Problem  Not rated yet

Stepchild's Mother is the Problem

I have a wonderful stepson who is in the 6th grade, but he has a mother who is a nightmare. I am constantly ...

No consequences for bad behavior  Not rated yet
I am in my sixteenth month of my third marriage and desperately want to salvage this relationship as it will definitely be my last.

I have three grown ...

Conflicts between Fiance and Son  Not rated yet
Conflicts between Fiance and Son

My 8 year old son doesn't have a good relationship with his biological mother. She's neglectful and is more about her ...

Step Parenting Help  Not rated yet

Step Parenting Help

Hi There,

My partner and his 3 children have just moved in full time in the last two months. I already have 2 of ...

Husband Says I Must Have Something Personal Against His Daughter  Not rated yet
My husband and I have been married for about 10 months now. He gets his 13 year old daughter each weekend. My issue is that she comes into my house (we ...

Full Guardianship of my 10 year old step daughter: What Do I Do Now ?  Not rated yet
Okay here is goes.... I am 25yrs old and I have never had children, I got married 5 years ago, I have a step-daughter who has had a tough life, I have ...

Dealing with 15 year old Stepson  Not rated yet
Hi!

I really do appreciate your response as right now I am considering moving out.
My beloved boyfriend and I moved in together 3 years ago. He has ...

Help! Step daughter is the queen.  Not rated yet
My step daughter was quiet in the beginning. She seemed to be sweet, she loves to read, and was very helpful. Recently she has turned into the devil'...

Lost child  Not rated yet
Two years ago my 14-year old stepdaughter's mother got in touch with her again after vanishing for 3 years with no explanation. My husband and I were ...

My Family   Not rated yet
About 3 yrs ago my fiance moved in with me and my 2 kids. At first everything was good. We found out I was pregnant a short time after he moved in.

My ...

Step Daughter and Nagging Ex  Not rated yet
I have been with my husband for 3 years and married for 6 months. I met him when his daughter was 13 and she was great. About a year into our relationship,...

Step Daughter and Nagging Ex  Not rated yet
I have been with my husband for 3 years and married for 6 months. I met him when his daughter was 13 and she was great. About a year into our relationship,...

Teenage Daughter and Fiance Problems  Not rated yet
Teenage Daughter and Fiance Problems

My teenage daughter is brilliant. She is in advanced classes, at the top of her class, one of the top in the state ...