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Can't stand My Wife's Kids

sacase's picture

Maybe this will be therapeutic, but I absolutely hate my wife's two kids. I am not going to call them step-kids, as I refuse to acknowledge any relationship between them and I.

Let's start with the oldest one first. When he first moved in I caught him with naked pictures of a girl his age on his tablet. I tried to be nice and told him to delete them and I wouldn't tell his mother. Long story short, I have caught that kid watching a ton of pornography on his tablet and phone. We have taken them away because anytime we give him a chance the first thing he does is look at porn. He tries to “hack” his mom’s computer and her phone and tablet, but just ends up putting a ton of viruses on it, to a point that the devices were not working. The kid lies about everything all the time. It is so bad that if he said the sky was blue, I would go outside and check. In school, this year alone, he has been tardy 33 times and skipped class 10 times. He doesn't do his homework in class and already has 5 F's in 3 semesters. His excuse is he will always get better and that it is his teachers fault. Never does he take any responsibility. At school the teachers tell him to do something and he argues with them. He is constantly causing problems in his classes. His attitude at home is even worse. He thinks he knows better than everyone. He constantly backtalk's, he tries to tell his mom what to do and to give him money. We had to get him glasses. He broke them in a week. We got another pair and he lost them in less than a week, then demands that we get him glasses. I have caught him stealing things out of my room twice. Today I have had it I told my wife we are putting him on a plane to his dad in two weeks. He goes or I go; one or the other.

Her 11 year old is even worse. Constantly lying like his brother about everything. In the past 3 months he has been suspended for fighting 3 times. He is so bad in school they have to give his teacher a break and send him to a principle or another teacher who is not with a class. He is performing at a 2nd grade level when he is in fifth grade and of course the schools just pass him through. The only kids that will play with him are younger kids. He has no friends that are his age. Whenever you try to give him any punishment, he has a meltdown, starts hitting himself in the head and screams at the top of his lungs. I have forgot all of the things this kid has done, but the one that stands out is drawing happy faces on all of my doors in my house and on all of the pictures on the wall and acting like it wasn't a big deal. The kid has gained 50 lbs since he moved in. In fact, he weighs more than his 15 year old brother. He refuses to go outside and play and just wants to lay around and watch TV all day and watch cartoons. We can't leave him home alone because he is "scared". We have taken him to a psychiatrist and a psychologist, they have diagnosed him with several behavioral disorders, but I am a bit skeptical as it seems like he is manipulating the situation to get what he wants. He even lied to Child Protective Services and they came out and looked at the situation and immediately closed the report all because we grounded him to his room for 3 days.

Neither kid has any concept of discipline. They just want to cruise through life. The wife has told them already that she is ready to send them to their dad because she is tired of all of the problems they are causing. I am now refusing to provide anything for either of them anymore. No helping with clothes, no helping with school, no paying for the gym classes, nothing. I will provide food for the house because I have to. I am turning off the internet that they have access to and taking the TV remotes as well as my Game controllers. I don't want them in my house anymore.

Dontfeedthetrolls's picture

If the kid is hitting himself them I agree with the psychiatrist that there is an issie. He should have been held back or moved to special education classes long before now.

If your done with him though then really it's up to your wife now. Sending them to dad won't fix the problem just make it not your problem anymore. It's gonna make it worse
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Dontfeedthetrolls's picture

If the kid is hitting himself them I agree with the psychiatrist that there is an issie. He should have been held back or moved to special education classes long before now.

If your done with him though then really it's up to your wife now. Sending them to dad won't fix the problem just make it not your problem anymore. It's gonna make it worse
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ESMOD's picture

I pretty much agree. She has either been completely absent in their upbringing or has no idea how to do it.

For them I might suggest Family counseling? Parenting classes?

For the OP, disengagement until wife gets them under control.

ESMOD's picture

From the OP's wording "from when he first moved in". That made me consider that the kids had been living with dad or another relative prior to moving in with mom. That's why I mentioned she may not have been an active/present mother.

If she has not had the kids much.. maybe parenting classes could help her a little.. but at those ages, a lot is going to need to change.

ChiefGrownup's picture

OP, pics of a naked 15 year old girl are against the law. Turn it over to the FBI and let law enforcement get involved in this kid's life. Also the girl's parents will get a knock on the door from the FBI as well they should. Even if you deleted pics they should be able to retrieve the evidence. I would especially do this since you are at high risk of getting blamed for these underage pics. Your skid is a liar, the tablet more or less belongs to you, mom may throw you under the bus to save her kid if the girl's parents go to the cops first...so many factors put you at risk I would take the bull by the horns and make sure the truth came out to the proper authorities.

I feel for you, op. You have a very difficult situation.

Java_Junkie's picture

Permissive parenting caused this. A couple of self-indulgent, self-entitled, self-centered punks have tried running your marriage. Set the boundary and keep it.

Rags's picture

Glad I could give you a smile. I include my own kid in my comment. Fortunately he usually got his behavior pretty right..... most of the time. Now that he is an adult (24) I very much enjoy his presence.