stepchildren Archive
15 Nov 2011
Feeling Different Part (3)
Eleanor has two stepsons and an “ours” son with her husband. “We have always raised them as brothers,” she says. The older two boys are 16 and 21 and the youngest son is 7. “There is no
11 Nov 2011
Feeling Different Part (2)
When you’re a parent of your own kids, there’s an infinitely larger supply of love and forgiveness. I had a more finite supply of those things with my stepchildren. I say this without a lot of pride.
7 Nov 2011
Feeling Different
You will feel different about your own children than you do about your stepchildren. How could you not? As much as you come to love your stepchildren, they are still someone else’s kids. When you have a