My daughter has become increasingly jealous of my stepdaughter because of her confidence and how she is so articulate, and being at ease with adults. I just don’t know how to help her with her confidence because all she can do is compare herself with my stepdaughter.
My daughter really, really wanted a relationship with my husband’s daughter. There is just under a year and a half between them but my stepdaughter has absolutely no interest in me or my daughter. She is always polite though, there has never been an issue with behaviour.
My daughter will be going to a state secondary school in September while my stepdaughter has always been privately educated.
SD’s mother is in a better financial position to us and crucially SD is central to her Dad as it should be and to Dh’s family whereas
daughter’s dad is indifferent to her and sees her about 2 or 3 times a year.
We are going, just the two of us, to Boston at Easter to see my cousin. I am hoping to use this as an opportunity to talk to her but I don’t know what to say. I worry she won’t reach her potential because she compares herself unfavourably to Dh’s daughter.
A really silly example but last night Stepdaughter spoke directly to waiter, asked for her meal to be modified but my daughter was almost struck dumb and I had to order her meal.