17-year-old refuses to forgive dad for prioritizing his 2nd wife and her kids over him after he lost his mother when he was 13: ‘I told him that he was too late’

A lot of absent fathers aren’t total deadbeats. They go to work, pay the bills, and are physically present in the home, but they aren’t emotionally present. They don’t particularly care if their kid is doing well in school, or who their friends are, or if they get to see them before they go to …
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‘[I don’t] want to deal with her kid’: Dad’s girlfriend demands her 15-year-old ‘stepson’ handle night parenting for her clingy 5-year-old, then the teenager forces her to parent by locking his door

This teenager set boundaries with Dad’s new girlfriend after she and her 5-year-old son moved in, protecting his peace and locking his door after the clingy child refused to let him sleep. I’m not an only child, but sometimes I wish I was. Dealing with a sibling can be emotionally taxing, especially if you have …
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Mom refuses to take in her ex-husband’s 13-year-old stepdaughter, exes mom blames her when the girl gets put in foster care: ‘I didn’t believe for a second that the girl asked to live with a stranger’

Blended families can lead to all kinds of unique and strange situations. Imagine being a divorced mom, and your kid spends half of their time with their dad, who has married a woman who also has children from a previous marriage. Their kids spend a ton of time together and have an established relationship, but …
Seguir leyendo Mom refuses to take in her ex-husband’s 13-year-old stepdaughter, exes mom blames her when the girl gets put in foster care: ‘I didn’t believe for a second that the girl asked to live with a stranger’

Selfish parents force two 17-year-old sworn enemies to become stepbrothers, are surprised when there’s fallout: ‘We witnessed fights, glares, all kinds of things’

When you’re in school, there’s usually that one person you just can’t get along with. Something about the way they are just rubs you the wrong way, and you can’t get over it. There may be a rational reason behind it like they bullied you or your friend. But it could also be completely irrational, …
Seguir leyendo Selfish parents force two 17-year-old sworn enemies to become stepbrothers, are surprised when there’s fallout: ‘We witnessed fights, glares, all kinds of things’