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Step-parenting

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Step back or parent your step child - opinions
23
How do you split finances?
77
Is it me?
116
DPs son and how he treats him
125
Cant cope with autistic step child
160
Kids hate dad’s new partner - any advice?
231
To those SPs on their knees. I quit step parenting a year ago and it’s bliss!
634
Adult SC and downsizing - WWYD?
330
Suffocating
12
When to give up trying..
36
Dsd missing out on playdates
5
Step mother over stepping
62
Daughter being difficult about my partner
102
Help with navigating some challenging behaviour
25
How do you navigate affection?
8
Sponsoring kids disagreement
60
Is it normal to not like my step kids
83
Stepkids Pocket Money
25
Daughter rejecting half sister
144
My SS mother is an alcoholic
7
Unblending and living apart
12
Tips for stepparenting older children and teenagers
11
Can I ask my new partner
131
Nightmare SS situation
27
Are all step families like this?
45
Wills
26
First time poster - need to vent
20
My stepmother is driving me around the bend! AIBU?
38
It’s a bedroom one…
15
I know I’m being unreasonable I just need a moan!
36
Absolutely lost the plot
76
Young man dating a Single Mother
80
Struggling as a childless stepparent
74
Anyone live apart together?
8
Feeling threatened
15
How often do you see your step child once they hit 17/18
70
Should a child be cleaning their parents bedroom?
41
Should my partner of 7mnths know whether he’s ready to take on my kids?
120
Stepchildren slagging me off to their bio mum… advice pls
141
Sleeping arrangements when step daughter comes to stay ?
28
My step son called me lazy?
48
Am I being too hard on my DP?
18
Stepson doesn’t want a sibling
123
How often do your SC talk about their mum?
33
I’m struggling with MH
31
overly clingy 20 year old daughter
23
I’m a wicked step mother because… (part two)
25
I don’t want to do another holiday with DSS
452
Partner's daughters blanking me after three years (intermittent but still painful)
11
DSS making me miserable :(
193