Omgatos I wish I would have known how hard it is too be a stepparent... my stepson recently started talking back and busting the you are not my mother card and that I can’t take his Xbox or phone away... which I did ... but man it hurts... I was in shocked... mom does not like me what so ever and she lets him know that I can’t do anything... so every time I feel like we are making progress and he comes back from mom ... I start alll over... he wasn’t like this until he turned 11 .... I just feel hurt and lost a little ....