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Stepfamilies
Since I've done the unthinkable and actually identified myself on this site after more than a year of lurking, I figure I might as well jump in with both feet and start with a sort of introduction by way of a new thread in my favorite underused section...
I have two stepkids, aged 5 and 2 (as of today). We have, of course, the requisite stepfamily issues, (many of which I actually regard as normal family issues.) I had both a stepmother, who was in my opinion the perfect stepparent, and a stepfather who was as far from it as is humanly possible. Since it's pretty much all I have to go on, I have tended to build my attitude towards my kids based solely on these two experiences.
Anyone else with stepchildren, stepparents, stepsiblings, etc., and what experiences have been influential in your relationship with them?
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