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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This might be a tad Machiavellian, but after supporting your kid per PP's advice above, you might want to suggest he make the most of a friendship with the gf's kids.

The gf's kids probably aren't 100% happy either, but if they are personable enough to also try, he can learn to do some things with them that are fun, without necessarily embracing them as family or permanent fixtures in his life.

That includes fairly neutral things like watching tv, playing video games, tutoring, baking, etc.

Girlfriend may be nicer if DS is popular with her children.  [/quote]

This is insane.[/quote]

PP.  Why is it insane?  I'm not the most adaptable person myself.  But I've noticed that friendly, calm people often get better results than people who are sad, sulking, or hostile.  Gf's kids haven't done anything to OP's kid.

My point is just that maybe he can try to have a better time at that house by getting along with the other children who have to live there.  His mom can help him not to be jealous of "the new family". They aren't a "new family".  Hosting those kids is the price the dad has to pay to get a live-in girlfriend.[/quote]

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