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At what age did your stepchild(ren) quit visiting you every other weekend? (Or whatever court ordered visitation you have in place?)

My 13 year old SD visits every 2 weeks and I'm literally counting the weekends we have left until she is 18. Unfortunately I know that does not guarantee her growing up and moving away, especially given her lack of social skills. I'm seriously beginning to wonder if I can handle staying married that long...

I'm curious what age the visitations stopped for those of you with teen stepkids..

Raising an incompetent child - DH does everything for his child

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My DH caters to my 13 year olds' EVERY need when she is visiting. It drives me absolutely insane. She is perfectly capable of these age appropriate things and I'm wondering what I should do (other than point it out which hasn't helped)....I think parents should provide (reasonable) natural consequences for your teens so they learn how to navigate through life. How will she feel the self confidence from doing things for herself if he's so quick to do them for her? I think he's making her social anxiety or other un-diagnosed mental disability worse.

Advice for dealing with socially inept teen?

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Help! My 13 year old SD has limited social skills and is super awkward socially. I've noticed odd behavior that is concerning to me and brought it up to my DH and he gets defensive and shuts down. We only have her every other weekend so time is limited as to helping her when she's around us.
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