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<blockquote data-quote="tammyjh" data-source="post: 116992" data-attributes="member: 3072"><p>I can't relate to being a step parent but my husband is one and while I think he's very good at it, he does tend to favor his bio children. I think its understandable, especially as our other kids are "his" and they are easy child's....making them much easier to deal with. What we are trying to do is make sure we're on the same page as much as possible and understand that each of our children are all unique and there are a lot of rules that are not going to work across the board. We strive to be as fair as possible while keeping in mind that it is impossible to be fair all the time. husband and I have words about this once in a while but I try to look at it from his perspective(can't quite get there but I try)to see what it would be like to have a child living in my home that wasn't mine that treated my other kids and I like <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> a good deal of the time. I probably wouldn't deal with it half as good as he does. When I do this, I see that he's doing a great job and is really quite an outspoken advocate for difficult child. She's very lucky to have him in her life. I guess I don't have much for advice but am sorry to hear its a rough transition. Hang in there and I hope it gets a little easier over time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tammyjh, post: 116992, member: 3072"] I can't relate to being a step parent but my husband is one and while I think he's very good at it, he does tend to favor his bio children. I think its understandable, especially as our other kids are "his" and they are easy child's....making them much easier to deal with. What we are trying to do is make sure we're on the same page as much as possible and understand that each of our children are all unique and there are a lot of rules that are not going to work across the board. We strive to be as fair as possible while keeping in mind that it is impossible to be fair all the time. husband and I have words about this once in a while but I try to look at it from his perspective(can't quite get there but I try)to see what it would be like to have a child living in my home that wasn't mine that treated my other kids and I like :censored: a good deal of the time. I probably wouldn't deal with it half as good as he does. When I do this, I see that he's doing a great job and is really quite an outspoken advocate for difficult child. She's very lucky to have him in her life. I guess I don't have much for advice but am sorry to hear its a rough transition. Hang in there and I hope it gets a little easier over time. [/QUOTE]
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