Step Parenting Realities
With my step daughter staying a couple of days with us for the summer, we’ve made her room especially cozy for her. The first thing I added was this Personalized Her Royal Highness Kid’s Room Sign so that she’d feel right at home and I am hoping that it really does make her feel special.
The last time my step daughter spent a couple of weeks with us was especially trying since she is at this age where rebelling against rules and her parents seem to come out naturally. And as a step parent, trying to discipline her but at the same time, trying not to overstep boundaries can be especially tricky.
I’ve learned a long time ago that when it comes to this, I’ve got to leave the disciplining to her actual parents — her dad… my husband.
If I have to let her follow house rules — like the proper use of the toilet, for example — it’s in my best judgement to talk my issues about it with her father instead so that he can in turn talk to her about it. So far, that has been working fine, with my husband acting as the go-between.
I’ve long resigned to the fact that as a step-mom, my relationship with my step-daughter only takes up to a certain point, where I can call it good enough. Longing to be really close to her or hoping she will like me equally as her mother is, of course, a reality that’s not going to happen. The sooner that we accept these facts, the better it is to understand our dynamics.
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