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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 276612" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Before you get too involved with her, please be sure you can accept her son, even if he gets worse instead of better. That's my first bit of advice. We have lots of stepparents on the board who are tearing their hair out over defiant stepchildren who are now in their teens and twenties. In the end, realize bio. parents will almost always stick up for their kids, even their very difficult ones, over their spouse who is not the child's father.</p><p></p><p>ODD is not normally a stand alone diagnosis so she hasn't yet touched everything that is wrong with him. It is really impossible for anyone here to tell you how to handle him. You barely know your girlfriend, let alone her son. I'd take it very slow and see how it goes. You have your own kids to think about too.</p><p></p><p>in my opinion you should not be disciplining him at this point.</p><p></p><p>Good luck, whatever you decide to do <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 276612, member: 1550"] Before you get too involved with her, please be sure you can accept her son, even if he gets worse instead of better. That's my first bit of advice. We have lots of stepparents on the board who are tearing their hair out over defiant stepchildren who are now in their teens and twenties. In the end, realize bio. parents will almost always stick up for their kids, even their very difficult ones, over their spouse who is not the child's father. ODD is not normally a stand alone diagnosis so she hasn't yet touched everything that is wrong with him. It is really impossible for anyone here to tell you how to handle him. You barely know your girlfriend, let alone her son. I'd take it very slow and see how it goes. You have your own kids to think about too. in my opinion you should not be disciplining him at this point. Good luck, whatever you decide to do :happy: [/QUOTE]
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