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
Remember - she will never co
Remember - she will never co-parent, and you need to pick your battles. It's not reasonable to assume that what DH wants to happen at his home will happen in hers - once people are divorced, they may no longer agree on things like social media.
Personally, I don't think it's realistic or wise to try to keep kids away from social media and youtube - once they are old enough, it's better to teach them to use it responsibly. Forbidding it just makes it more attractive, and they will find a way to do in secret. Just my two cents.
Oh I get it! It's just crazy
Oh I get it! It's just crazy to me because she's always been the one completely against social media and DH was fine with with them not having it since she was sooooo against it. Then she all of a sudden is okay with this?? It's just weird.
I agree with you. My kids have social media and we have rules around it and we monitor everything.
BM here did that with video
BM here did that with video games with SS. She was against them until she realized they were a really effective bribe for SS to want to live with her. DH allowed them on the computer with limits, but wouldn't allow him to use the handheld ones because he just got absorbed in them. BM capitalized on that and SS played video games all the time. By high school he was playing them all night (we could see his public Steam profile).
DH is a gamer himself so he hoped to teach SS how to moderate - nope.