For those of us with teenage SDs great article
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This is a recent update on Wednesday Martin's blog. I thought it was honest and well written. I would love to see more main stream publications with articles like this because there are a lot of us out here step parenting.
http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog/2012/11/teen-stepdaughters-in-the-de...
Great article. Very on
Great article. Very on target. And it makes me want to bow down and kiss the ground for the fact that I do not have SDs.
Well said. Yes kiss the
Well said. Yes kiss the ground. No wonder the mothers seem only too keen to send them step mother's way. Easier than dealing with their own teenage daughters and convenient scape goats as well.
I'm not a stepMom, but I
I'm not a stepMom, but I found it an interesting read, nonetheless.
It also makes me wonder how our daughter's budding sexuality may have influenced her relationship with her Dad & stepMom. It's not something I've ever considered. But things changed when she was 15ish. She's 18 now, and they haven't talked in nearly 2 years.
I did not relate to the
I did not relate to the sexual jealousy part must admit but she was being honest about it! The problem is that lots of us were wildly in love at the beginning of our relationships with men with teenagers and did go through some disrespect and adjustment process. Personally I have stood up for myself along the way but I haven't always got it right. Still like her honesty.
I did not relate to the
I did not relate to the sexual jealousy part either. I believe this angle was given a lot of prominence in the article because it is Elle and sex sells. I do think there need to be more stories out there devoted to the difficult step relationships. Screaming at each other in the middle of the living room must have felt cathartic to both. Something to put on my to-do list? I wish she would talk more about her mixed feelings for the girls or their very definitive feelings for her.