My step son, 7 yr old, is only with us 3 weekends out of the month. He always wants to spend one night that he is with us with his Grandparents and his Dad lets him. I have two children, son 12 and daughter 9 who we have all the time. Their natural father passed away. My stepson will not talk to me when I answer the phone. When I tell my kids not to do something he does it on purpose to see if I will tell him to stop. He is very wimpy and scared of everything, where my kids are outgoing and tough. They get hurt and keep going, he gets a scratch and cries until you put a bandaid on it. I can't relate to this kid. I find that I don't even like him. He is not polite and thinks it is funny to demand things. He tries to compete with my son who is 5 yrs his elder and get upset when he doesn't win. If he does win he celebrates so much that everyone is annoyed. I dred the weekends we have him and actually try to find things for my kids and I to do without him.
2007-01-30 03:39:32 · 1 answers · asked by browneyedgirl 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
He has to see some of it. But he thinks his child is always right. My husband is very lazy about everything, disciplining his child is no different. He doesn't want to deal with it.
2007-01-30 05:36:32 · update #1
That is a hard situation to be in, I am sorry for you.
My best advise is to not give up. I think it is good that you do things with just your kids. Let him spend some time with his dad one on one. Does his dad see what is going on? Does he care?
2007-01-30 05:33:07 · answer #1 · answered by Ellyn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋