yes i am aware that she has issues with me being her stepmom but that is a part of life we deal with things that we cannot control. anyway she is 8 years old and was in the shower a bit ago and got mad at me all because i told her she could not stay up on a school night.. she got so mad that she swung her fist at me and it hit me right on the side of the arm. id did leave a red mark and you can make out where her fist hit my arm rather well, i took pictures and am taking them with me when we have another family meeting with the partial patient program she is enrolled in at the local hospital. i have tried and tried and tried to have any kind of a relationship with this child but i have given up hope that that will ever happen and to make matters worse i dont think she cares about it at all. my husband has full custody of her as well as her younger sister and sending her to live with her mother is out of the question because for one that is what she wants and two the woman walked out on her and has been through her share of drugs... we have had in home therapists and when they come to the house she acts all sweet and nice and hides what she is (a manipulative brat) she lies constantly and we dont know what to do. i have pretty much given up hope that she can be saved... im almost certain that when she grows up she WILL end up in jail if she dont change her negative behaviors and stop the attitude. just so all of you she has been diagnosed with ADHD and ODD (oppositional defiant disorder) basically what ODD is is a disorder that causes kids to not listen to any kind of authority figure and me being her stepmom makes that worse im sure... im the evil one to her or whatever. i really do not care anymore, she will only be with us for nine more years then after shes 18 shes out on her own! im sorry but i am frustrated and do not know what else to do...
ok im sooooo sick of people reading more into this then there truly is. FIRST of all her mom walked out on her before her dad and i ever got together and that was in 2003, she did go two years without seeing her daughter but thats her own fault, she knows where my husbands parents live and could of called us any time. she now sees her daughter every sunday or whenever she can. and for anyone that isnt a step-parent... you have NO idea what your talking about!
ok im sooooo sick of people reading more into this then there truly is. FIRST of all her mom walked out on her before her dad and i ever got together and that was in 2003, she did go two years without seeing her daughter but thats her own fault, she knows where my husbands parents live and could of called us any time. she now sees her daughter every sunday or whenever she can. and for anyone that isnt a step-parent... you have NO idea what your talking about!