Dear Valued Users,
It's with a heavy heart that we announce the permanent closure of StepTalk.org on August 31st, 2025.
This decision wasn't an easy one. For over twenty years, StepTalk has been a source of support for stepparents around the world! However, over the years, the costs associated with maintaining and upgrading the site to remain secure, meet current standards and maintain availability have become unsustainable.
We are incredibly grateful for your support, contributions and the community you've helped us build. Your engagement has made StepTalk.org a special place and we cherish the memories and connections made here.
We would especially like to thank Aniki for volunteering to be a moderator and for caring so much.
Thank you for being a part of our journey and we wish you all the best.
Sincerely,
Dawn and The StepTalk Team
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That's downright scary.
That's downright scary.
GAH! We were just discussing
GAH! We were just discussing this at work the other day... WTF is with this state and this uber, super, special, bend over backwards, pay out your ass, or pay dearly for these "special needs" kids??? Trust me both the kids and the parents know that all they have to do is play that special needs card and everyone scrambles. It makes me sick.
Same here!! I wanna go back
Same here!! I wanna go back to being a teen again - I wanna go hang with my mates, spin tops, fly kites, climb trees... then I wanna go home to a lovely cooked dinner and chill out.. I didn't know it was an option to become an adult...!! dammit..!
Well today's youth would do
Well today's youth would do none of the above. Instead it would be:
-play vid games and make twerking vids on FB
-mess around with instagram, vine and snapchat
-eat 10,000 calories in one mad junk food orgy
-skip school and smoke pot
Unfortunately, this will be
Unfortunately, this will be SS15 as well.
Is she special needs? Surely,
Is she special needs? Surely, there has to be some kind of criteria met to force NCP to continue paying CS past the age of majority.
BM over here once tried to get social security/disability for SD when she was younger, saying she was mentally slow. DENIED! SD is not very smart but that's another story.
She's 15 and reads at a 3rd
She's 15 and reads at a 3rd grade level (in grade 9 right now). Due to years of parental abdication--not enforcing homework, classwork, class attendance, you know, NOT doing that haaaaarrrrrdddd work of putting your foot up your child's behind to "motivate them."
Skids are just basically kept pets and CS meal tickets for mommykins.
The things they put on
The things they put on Facebook and Twitter makes it so easy to continue resenting them for their stupidity...
OMG! We call SS15 Sloth. If
OMG! We call SS15 Sloth. If it's not classified as special needs, it should be. Extreme Sloth Disorder, or ESD.
SS15 will most likely be repeating 8th grade because of ESD. It's not the poor widdle baby's fault.
Or LOB "lack of belt"
Or LOB "lack of belt"