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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 335336" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Suz, wow. That is the best description of stepparenting I've ever read.</p><p></p><p>Stepparents do have to realize they are NOT parents. My hub is my first three kids stepfather, not father. He does not try to raise them or correct their mistakes. He is more a friend than a parent.</p><p></p><p>Stepparents do not have that bonding from the time the kids are born. No matter how much they say they love them, it's easier for them to just get mentally tired of the child's bad behavior than is parents. In this case, we have a grown child and husband and this girl's mother are going to treat her the way they want to treat her and in my opinion nobody should interfer. I'd be major ticked off if a stepmother sent me a book. </p><p></p><p>I would read the detach stuff that Suz sent you and just let it go. What she did to her mother is between her mother and her. What she does to her father is between her father and her. She doesn't live with you now, so my advice is to take good care of yourself and let her parents handle her because there's nothing you can do about it. </p><p></p><p>Good luck!<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 335336, member: 1550"] Suz, wow. That is the best description of stepparenting I've ever read. Stepparents do have to realize they are NOT parents. My hub is my first three kids stepfather, not father. He does not try to raise them or correct their mistakes. He is more a friend than a parent. Stepparents do not have that bonding from the time the kids are born. No matter how much they say they love them, it's easier for them to just get mentally tired of the child's bad behavior than is parents. In this case, we have a grown child and husband and this girl's mother are going to treat her the way they want to treat her and in my opinion nobody should interfer. I'd be major ticked off if a stepmother sent me a book. I would read the detach stuff that Suz sent you and just let it go. What she did to her mother is between her mother and her. What she does to her father is between her father and her. She doesn't live with you now, so my advice is to take good care of yourself and let her parents handle her because there's nothing you can do about it. Good luck!:raspberry-tounge: [/QUOTE]
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