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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Welcome to the site!
Pleased that you found us - I too have derived great advice and support from the site for the past 9 yrs. There are plenty of bio parents' sites for general parenting chat, but there is not, so far as I know, an equivalent site for bio parents - ie ones who are part of a step parent set-up. I think that the main reason there isn't, is that bio parents often do not see a problem - they think that however their sprogs treat us, and however they behave, we should just suck it up. One of our (ie us step parents') biggest problems is often the attitude of the SKIDs' bio parent/s - they determine the rules and boundaries for their sons and daughters, and these may be non existent (usually for fear that their ickle snowflakes will not want to come round any more) or otherwise unacceptable to us.
Considered that
I did think that, but I figure being the bio parent in a 'step' relationship has it's own unique challenges, and I was hoping she could learn from others in HER position. In saying that, I do think she would benefit from reading step talk as well
When i found steptalk and
When i found steptalk and starting implementing some of the step parent strategies I learned here....disengagement was the most noticable, my husband googled disengaging step parents and he learned a lot and became more supportive of me. That is, until he figured out how much I do and how hard it is to be a full time parent to 4 entitled brats that he created.
Reddit has a blended family
Reddit has a blended family sub with lots of biomoms as members.
Bio parents don’t need a site
There perfect. They do everything right. It's all our fault. We are the ones that need help.