Premium Only Content

I’m Not Bonded with My Stepson—and I feel bad about it!
People often post about stepmoms who are too engaged and need to disengage.
I seem to have the opposite problem where I have trouble engaging.
I keep my stepson (who’s only with us every other weekend) at arm’s length because it’s hard for me to see him as anything other than a negative reminder of my partner’s past.
It’s also challenging because:
1️⃣ he’s not with us very often
2️⃣ he’s only 13 years younger than me so I don’t see him as a cute little kid, rather I see him as this annoying teenager who is a physical reminder of my boyfriend’s ex and who disrupts our lives every other weekend.
Any advice as to how to shift this negative mindset?
Website: http://loveandlifemedia.com/
Instagram: @dr.karin
Love & Life Podcast
Apple Podcasts: smarturl.it/loveandlife-apple
Spotify: smarturl.it/loveandlife-spotify
Single is the New Black - Audiobook
Audible: smarturl.it/SITNB-Audible
iTunes: smarturl.it/SITNB-iTunes
-
2:43:11
TheSaltyCracker
7 hours agoWe Kill You Rally ReeEEStream 10-19-25
80.3K225 -
7:54:17
Putther
12 hours ago $11.85 earned🔴LAZY SUNDAY STREAM!! (GTA + MORE)
62.7K11 -
10:38
Colion Noir
6 hours agoHe Installed a Forced Reset Trigger at a Gun Range… and Got Arrested | What You Need to Know
51.3K18 -
1:29:26
HELMETFIRE
5 hours ago🟢GAMING WITH FIRE EP13🟢
21K3 -
50:40
Sarah Westall
7 hours agoAI, Social Media & Brain Atrophy: Destroying Human Capacity to Think w/ Rob Smith
28K8 -
2:32:08
THOUGHTCAST With Jeff D.
4 hours ago $4.67 earnedSunday Night FORTNITE with THOUGHTCAST Jeff D & crew.
27.2K5 -
55:10
The Mel K Show
12 hours agoMel K & Mike L | The Tylenol Piece: It's a Marathon, Not a Sprint | 10-19-25
91.9K13 -
3:17:37
MrMoBetta13
6 hours ago $2.47 earnedCFB26 CUT Ranked + NEW NIGHTMARE CARDS and talking college football!!
20.9K6 -
LIVE
Spartan
8 hours agoOMiT Spartan | God of War Ragnarok and then Halo
48 watching -
3:19:39
FusedAegisTV
1 day agoλ Black Mesa λ (Half Life 1 Remake) █ Western Retread
19.5K2