After having some issues with discipline and how to handle things around the house, I’ve asked people for some advice and suggestions. I don’t have kids of my own, I’m a pretty fresh stepmother, so please be nice to me and don’t judge on the spot, this is coming from love and I want a home that everyone can enjoy staying in.
That being said, this has been a house with a busy dad and two girls 11 and 13. So it’s not very structured. The best advice I’ve gotten so far is to not have specific rules on every behavior but use five pillars that can be used and referred to in most situations and make them the house rules.
@HelenJohnson ypu should really be talking to your partner and their mother to see how they want/do parenting - to make all your parenting styles and rules the same: homogenous.
Inflicting differnt styles one week here, another week there, ends up being confusing and conflicting to a child/young adult.
Asking here is pointelss. We arent family. We arent connected to them.
Patenting is something that needs to be customised to the child.... the situation.
Open up discussion about it within your extended family unit.
Be aware, some natural mothers may not see it as your place to discipline their children.
You are their exes partner. It doesn't automatically give you dominion over their kids.
