2007-01-29 06:01:35 · 17 answers · asked by Ellyn 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
YES!! Step parenting is a whole issue of it's own. Parenting is hard enough but trying to be a parent to someone elses kids who resent you being there is challenging.
2007-01-29 13:02:22 · answer #1 · answered by Weezy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All sorts of people all sorts of questions. Categories don't change that. Step parents should just ask in the same areas as parents.
2007-01-29 14:13:21 · answer #2 · answered by killerk1.geo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely! Step-Parenting is not black and white. There is a lot of grey area. For instance in my case, I became a step mom to a boy of eight, his mother is emotionally distant, he has trouble in school, and I am the disciplinarian. He is now 15. I have been a parent to him longer than either of his birth parents were actively involved on their own. It took me three years to get my husband, who is his father, retired military, to understand what was going on in our household. I have three older children that I raised on my own. Now I doubt that anyone else has a story like that, but at least there may be a facet that is the same. That is why a category is much needed.
2007-01-29 14:08:58 · answer #3 · answered by Lanie A 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. While we strive to be "perfect" parents, and we use the cliche that they are our own children, inevitably deep down we realize the special love we have for a biological child is different. That is not to say we can not be superb parents - but we are imperfect beings raising a child with another absent parent lurking in the background. It's different and the issues are complex.
2007-01-29 14:40:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In think parenting covers it. If step-parent questions are posted there they are answered.
2007-01-29 14:05:47 · answer #5 · answered by winfielder74 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. Parenting and step parenting go hand in hand. Don't treat a step-child differently.
Ask questions in parenting.
2007-01-29 14:04:05 · answer #6 · answered by puggylover 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think so. I am a step mom to two beautiful girls and I go through as much stuff as biological parents.
2007-01-29 14:04:00 · answer #7 · answered by beanie3720 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes my son a step parent and it very hard on him
2007-01-29 14:04:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
no. whether they are your step kids or your real kids, you treat them the same. you don't have a seperate set of rules for each, so why would there be a seperate category?
2007-01-29 14:05:45 · answer #9 · answered by laineyhaz0101 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes i do...there are a lot of questions i have about being a step mommy, but im afraid if i post it just anywhere i will get alot of answers from people that dont know where im coming from
2007-01-29 14:04:14 · answer #10 · answered by kristina43 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋