Hi! Just joined this forum with the hope that I can get some help. I have three stepchildren, all teenagers. They have been in my life for ten years. The two youngest have lived with me and their father for the last eight years. My youngest stepdaughter, 13, seems to really dislike me these days. I keep giving and trying to connect, but she isn't receptive. In fact she is very critical of me. My friends keep telling me that it is a phase, but when she talks to her mother (who she barely sees) she is always charming.