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[quote=Anonymous]Step-mother here - met my DSS when he was 5. His father and I also have 3 kids together. Absolutely I/we prioritize the needs and wants of my DSS (now in college) - my life before DH and I had kids together was about school and after schools sports and all the suburban parenting stuff. I love kids (I volunteered with kids in college and grad school), so was fine doing kid-centered activities with him. It is a different relationship with DSS than with my kids because I’m not his mother and I am their mother. But I do think I am his parent - I call him in college to see how he is doing, update him on our lives and his siblings, bring him medicine when he is sick, etc. I love him a lot. I will also say that I think being a stepparent is hard - even after all these years I worry about over-stepping and make sure his dad takes the lead on some stuff with him that I would normally take the lead on with our other kids. [/quote]
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