My Step-children Hate Me
Dear Robin: I've been married for 3 years and while I love my husband very much, we struggle with my relationship with his children. They are 12 and 15 and live mostly with their mom but stay with us every other…
Friday Feedback: I Rule the School!
Welcome to Friday Feedback, our nearly-weekly changing of the blog's diaper and wiping and powdering of its ass. This week's FF is scant as I haven't been writing the usual amount due to radio time, travel, and working on the massive and highly-professional…
My Step-Daughter Won’t Accept Me (Welcome to the Helladay Season)
Dear Robin, I am the step-parent to a 30-something Only Child and when I got remarried I was excited about being part of a family again. Unfortunately, it isn't turning out at all as I had hoped. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.…
Co-Parent with HIM? Yeah, right.
Dear Readers: I was going to use this for Friday Feedback but instead saw an opportunity to help someone in need, which as we all know is the driving force behind this blog.* Dear Robin: I am a BIG FAN but…
I Don’t Want my Daughter to Go to Europe with her Dad
Dear Robin: I am a single mother to a wonderful 16 year old young woman. Her father left when she was 7 and though she sees him sporadically, he hasn't been in her life on a very regular basis. We…