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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love my stepkids but not their mother. She is supposed to have visitation every weekend. She seems them about once a month, and never for the full weekend. They are sad and confused and DH and I have to figure out how to explain why she doesn't prioritize them. It's especially hard when she sees my kids' father always taking all his visitation time. Dh has offered to drop the kids off at her place so she doesn't have to come to ours, letting her pick them up directly from school, all kinds of things.

The other day my stepdaugher was crying and we were talking about her mom, and she eventually said she appreciates what I do but wants her mom to do those things. And I NEVER step on her mom's toes - I'm always careful to offer her opportunities to be involved or in charge of stuff. Birthday parties, gifts, going somewhere new, clothing shopping, first manicure, telling her what book series the kids are into in case she wants to read them too so she can talk about it with them, sending her pics of artwork they do, all of it.

They're genuinely great kids. Kind, funny, smart, helpful - she's really missing out, and they miss her. [/quote]
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