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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All I can suggest is he's
All I can suggest is he's reacting to something that is bigger than 'Jonny stole my pencil' or 'my sister called me a name' type scenarios. In isolation they are obviously the wrong things to do, but the sum of them suggests an underlying reason why he is aggrieved. Try and find it. Ask him even, not as a Q&A session but in a conversation or two or three. Kids are pretty intuitive and he can probably sense some resentment already.
And she will get the infamous
And she will get the infamous "I don't know".. "I try to be good"
Thank you all for the advice
Thank you all for the advice his mother abandoned him and his dad is always at work so I'm always taking care of him. I'm so drained physically and emotionally his mother wants nothing to do with him and dad is just too tired. He does step in but it's usually when I'm tired or he finds me to be really upset. He has gotten therapy and that didn't help. So I'm thinking if putting him in a sport since he likes gymnastics I guess I'll give it a try. And as for my daughter it's hard for me to just up and leave because she is such a daddies girl and she deserves to have both parents and I think that me taking her away from get daddy is unfair just because of him. His dad is thinking of putting him Iin some sort of military school we found one that accepts them as you g as 10. So hopefully it works. Fingers crossed.