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[quote=Anonymous]I am a stepmom to an often challeging preteen boy. I'm not going to comment on what you feel badly about--what I find weird is demanding that your stepson kill a bug for you. Grow up! It's not his job to take care of you like that--you insisted and then didn't like the result. what he did was kind of gross, yes, but totally typical for his age/gender. You put yourself in that position, however. its very hard to be a stepparent, i know. I have had low moments too. but i guess my mantra is to try to act like a parent--not in place of the child's own parent--but act"parental" in the best sense, that is, with both authority and love. When I am feeling like a 'bad' stepparent, it is usually because I have neglected one or the other. [/quote]
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