Stepfamily
Stepparent plays Scrooge to spouse’s kid
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: My husband and I have 2 sons ages 10 and 12. I also have a son, 15, from an earlier marriage who I will call Travis. All the boys live with us full time and Travis spends…
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Alcoholic stepfather verbally abuses son
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I’m a 16-year-old girl and my brother is 13. Our alcoholic stepfather gets drunk every night and becomes verbally abusive toward all of us, especially my brother.…
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Recipe for a dynamite stepmother
DEAR STRAIGHT TALK: I am 39 years old and recently married “Steve,” the man of my dreams. I am now stepmother to his kids, ages 11, 14 and 16, and we have them half…
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When it comes to holiday shopping, stepkids count
Dear Straight Talk: My husband and I have two children, ages 7 and 9, and we struggle financially. My husband also has a daughter from his first marriage… 0 Comments
New step mother is ‘alien’ to teen
Dear Straight Talk: I am the new step-mother of “Greg”, a 12-year-old boy whose biological mother is in the state penitentiary finishing the last months of her ten-year sentence for… 0 Comments
Teens from blended families say give equally to all the kids
Dear Straight Talk: I will soon be a stepmother and the hot topic in my stepmother’s group is how many presents to buy the stepchildren. Part of the group believes that they should treat… 0 Comments
Bunk beds the solution to heat-seeking stepsister
Dear Straight Talk: I’m 13 and my dad just remarried. Now when I’m at my dad’s I share my room with my new stepsister who is 10. I like my stepsister, in fact, she claims I’m… 0 Comments
Step-sister needs to focus on strengths
Dear Straight Talk: I’m 15 and my step dad’s real daughter, “Nicole,” who is also 15 and lives some distance away, is spending the summer with us. She’s pretty and… 0 Comments
