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Wah-wah-11's picture

Do your younger kids get known as "step kids sibling" ? Such as when a step kid is a trouble maker at school and such.. Then yiu send your little one to school. Do the teachers act diff bc "that's so and so'a little brother or sister" do they automatically assume the little one is gonna be just like the older one?

I've noticed my mom lately when my little one is wilder than normal, more active, has more energy .. She says he's acting diff is it bc he's been around step kid more bc it's summer?

I've already told hubby that in a few years when ours starts school he's gonna have it harder bc the step kid was in trouble so much, BM caused so many problems that they are gonna have the mind set that's step kids brother ..

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momandmore's picture

Yes, unfortunately they do. I am pretty involved with the school and I make sure to introduce myself as SM and correct them ever time any staff calls me mom.

ETA: I agree it happens with full siblings too.

BSgoinon's picture

My kids (SS and DD12) have attended the same school since pre-school. Their friends know that they are step-siblings and the office staff (because they know me) but is shocked me that it wasn't until this past year (6th grade) that the teachers started putting it together. And that was only because they ended up in the same class for the first time ever. Neither of them are trouble makes though. They loved being in the same class, and actually requested it for their last year.

DaizyDuke's picture

Thankfully, BS5 is just that much younger than skids that it really doesn't matter. By the time BS5 is in high school, the 2 years that SD17 spent there jacking off will be long forgotten (I hope)

DH is even at the point where he says things like "I hope BS5 excels in sports and school and goes to college and has a great career and life, so that skids can look at him and see that THEY could have done all of that if they weren't so busy listening to their POS mothers and doing the least amount possible to get by."

not2sureimsaneanymore's picture

I think this happens with full siblings too. My (full) sister is a year younger than me and she was always just known as "not2sure's little sister" because she had all the teachers I had the year before.

It got so bad that one year, one of the teachers were printing out the end of year awards and typed MY name instead of hers on her reward. She was SO upset, understandably. It's why she decided to go to a different high school than me--she was sick of being known as my younger sister. But she didn't have a great HS experience (there's something to be said when your older sibling looks out for you) so she decided to go to the same college I did and we lived together for about 3 years.

I think these things become scars as we grow up, but sometimes it's unavoidable, half sibling or full sibling.

kathc's picture

I would make an appointment to sit down with the teacher at the start of the year and make a point to say that this is YOUR child, NOT your DH & BM's child.

Wah-wah-11's picture

They all know bc of all the drama from BM & all of step kid trouble.. And when step kid had trouble BM caused drama