Re: Taking care of someone else's children
You have a wonderful stepmother Sarah, and im glad the love that you share is a two way street. i think acceptance, understanding and mutual respect are integral to this relationship of stepparents and stepsiblings.
My experience is quite the opposite and will definately put a downer on this thread, so i wont bother sharing.
I agree that it is very very difficult for some women to accept, respect and love children they havnt given birth to, just like it is for some men to accept step children too. Obvioulsy a number of factors effect this, but one that i find difficult to understand is the cliche that all stepparents are evil and will be evil, its like a prerequisite.