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On-Ramp Mom

Can’t live with them, can’t fire them, can’t force them out…Step Kids, that is. What’s a Step Mom to do?

Eleven years ago I took on the job of a lifetime – step mom to three fully formed, highly opinionated, bereft teenage kids – I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Neither did my husband. And, neither did the kids. All of us were on shaky ground and it quickly turned to quicksand.