MY SD17 continues to miss school. I'm not sure how many days she has missed this year so far. We just got a letter in the mail saying that they approved her appeal process. I'm so fed up with the school system, who keeps approving her appeals every year over and over again.
Last year she missed 100+ days of school-- part of them were only half days, or one or two hours -- There were thirty whole days that she missed between August and May.

So I was wondering if any of you have any special ways you help the skids transition for eow visitation? I did not come from a blended family and can only imagine it is really hard to pick up and assimilate into a ncp's household a couple times a month with a whole new set of rules, expectations, and environment. Anything that helped any of you as skids when you were young or that you do for your own?

Gisele had her baby boy last night! I bet he's cute! Tom Brady has 2 boys now! Bridget released a classy statement. I wish all of our BM's were like her:

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/12/09/2009-12-09_bridget_moynahan...

Hey everyone, I am new to this site, my daughter told me about it, because I have been a step parent for 9 years (yesterday) and thought that I could help out. I am 36 and my step son is 14. I have 3 bio kids, two boys 13 and 8, and my daughter is 18.

So this is my first time blogging about my adventures of step-parenting or even marriage in general, pretty exciting that there is such a support group I never knew about until today!!!!

There is way too much to put into one post obviously, I've been with my DH for almost 6 years and we've been married for 3 years on the 16th! SO the anniversary is coming up. We are actually nearing a close date for our first home pretty soon as well which is exciting!

16-year-old ss is extremely lazy and his new found passion for marijuana has not made it any better. This seems to be the only thing that he is passionate about, unless we count computer games and tv. The other night I asked him to shovel and salt the driveway after we (ss and myself) got stuck twice trying to get in the garage. Keep in mind, I waited at work to pick him up from h.s. night school because he has to re-take a class that he failed. As a matter of fact, there are several classes he must retake if he plans to graduate on time next year.

I wish I could erase my step daughter from our family. This is a horrible thing to say, I know. I love her. I miss her. I worry about her. All of the time. Right now though, things are really, really bad. The pain she causes my husband and the hurt she inflicts on her little sisters, my daughters, drives me crazy with anger.

Hello, i need to vent. I am battling the mil. She helped raise my dh 4 year old for two years and she has common law custody of his 15 year old. We have had some issues this past summer over my ss4 and some personal issues with me. I had a miscariage this past aug and my mil told one of her friends whom i dont know and this friend walked up to me at ss4 school and started talking to me about it, not even two weeks after it happened. I went off on my mil, i was very angry. She does not think she did anything wrong, she may not have intented for her friend to say anything to me but she did.

Well today starts therapy for DH and I. I can't believe that it has come to this. We have only been married since June and already need therapy. I am not new to Therapy having done it with issues with my son's death and later my husband's death. I just can't believe I have to start it again. My DH went on Monday for his session. I go today. Then next week we go together. Has anyone else done this and it helped?

My day started off very nice...very happy to spend the day at home with DH-snowday! We were right in the middle of enjoyin ourselves when he actually takes a phone call-from a friend & then rushes to get dressed to drive to the next state over-150 miles to help out his friend! He apologized about 6 times & then kissed me & left. This is the first time he has ever done this to me in all the years we have been together. I just need some help in figuring out the best way to handle this...so that its the very last time this ever happens again!!