Stepfamilies

"Dad," she began, as they traveled in the car alone.  "I overheard mom talking with X (step dad).  She can't stand how Y (step brother) is treating her.  Y either ignores her, or is just plain out rude and nasty.  I don't know how to help.  Can you believe somebody...

What do you do when you marry a man with teen agers and up and some of them just assume you're the wicked step mother and hate them?  I've tried everything I know of, but I think for the youngest, she just wants me to dissapear so she can get her old life back (wouldn't happen anyway).  I... Read More »

My stepson, soon to be 21, doesn't want my son at his 21st birthday.  Just his dad and his "birth" brothers, including his half brother.  My son's done nothing to him, been kind to him and all his siblings.  His only crime, it seems, was just living with us.  SS... Read More »