Originally Posted by
jandub
See I was raised that you always respected your authority figures though. I mean I've never been on the step-child side of it, so I don't know how that feels. But even if her step son hated her and she was horrible to him ( I know you're good to him, but just a point) he still should have some respect simply because she is his elder and he is living in her house. I guess I mean as the parent, and the bill payer, I don't think of it as me having to earn the kids respect. It should have already been there. But that is an issue that dad may have to take up. Now, as a step parent of a two teenage daughters and a step grandma, oh ya, 32 years old and a grandma, I know that there is a lot of pride swallowing and frustration when it comes to how I feel about it at times. I tried to make it work, and it did, but it was rocky, and I had to take it up the a** a lot. A whole lot. BUT.....demand respect. They can hate you, they can talk bad about you, curse your name behind your back, whatever-but in your house under your roof with you paying the bills and being the parent, the respect should be there. You earned it long before he moved in. [img]smileys/smilies_02.gif[/img] Janna
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