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step-difficult child coming to live with us!?!! pls help
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 69902" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Being a stepMom of a difficult child, here's some advice....</p><p></p><p>1. You and husband sit down BEFORE she gets there and decide what the house rules will be and the consequences for breaking them. Make up several copies to have handy.</p><p></p><p>2. You and husband will have to be on the same page or this will never work. If he sides with daughter, your house is going to turn into a war zone. Besides, she's not just visiting. She's going to live there. Time to stop trying to be the "good guy" and act like a Dad.</p><p></p><p>3. Make clear consequences for non medication compliance.</p><p></p><p>I don't know how bioMom did as far as parenting, but you and husband are going to have to provide a united front. Odds are stepgfg is going to arrive thinking she's on one loooooong vacation from bioMom and can do as she wants. You're going to have to be consistant and downright stubborn. Ages 14-15 in girls is horrible even without them being difficult children.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and make sure you get a treatment plan in place asap.</p><p></p><p>This isn't going to make her an angel, but it might make living with 3 difficult children easier to handle.</p><p></p><p>((((hugs))))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 69902, member: 84"] Being a stepMom of a difficult child, here's some advice.... 1. You and husband sit down BEFORE she gets there and decide what the house rules will be and the consequences for breaking them. Make up several copies to have handy. 2. You and husband will have to be on the same page or this will never work. If he sides with daughter, your house is going to turn into a war zone. Besides, she's not just visiting. She's going to live there. Time to stop trying to be the "good guy" and act like a Dad. 3. Make clear consequences for non medication compliance. I don't know how bioMom did as far as parenting, but you and husband are going to have to provide a united front. Odds are stepgfg is going to arrive thinking she's on one loooooong vacation from bioMom and can do as she wants. You're going to have to be consistant and downright stubborn. Ages 14-15 in girls is horrible even without them being difficult children. Oh, and make sure you get a treatment plan in place asap. This isn't going to make her an angel, but it might make living with 3 difficult children easier to handle. ((((hugs)))) [/QUOTE]
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