
Real talk: I know it sucks when you’re stepkids don’t listen, and say or do cruel things.
No one ever said: please sign me up to parent kids who don’t listen to me! Who ignore me! Who exclude me! Who say horrible things to me!
Unfortunately, this tends to come with the stepmom territory.
But the real reason it sucks doesn’t actually have anything to do with our stepkids’ behavior, or their words…
{If you were just like …um excuse me???! Stick with me here!}
The real reason it sucks is that we’re taking their words or behavior personally, and making it mean something negative about ourselves.
Our stepkids don’t listen to us and we think:
👎 I’m not being a good enough stepmom