So I am joining step talk.org so I have people to talk to. I am getting married October 13, 2012. I will inherit a step son and a step daughter by doing so. I love my future step kids, but I feel they have not had proper parenting and their behavior is atrocious at times. I feel like I have to be the wicked step mother because I require manners and respect at the house. These kids seem to think a trip to target means it is time to run around and act like lunatics. That may be so with mom but that is not behavior I will tolerate with ANY child in my care. I am all about having fun. I love taking them to the zoo, planet fun, hiking or anything else that will get us out of the house. It really frustrates me when they act up and we can not do fun things because they can not act civilized. I understand kids get wound up and rowdy and need correcting, but they take it to another level.