😒 Stepparents, stepkids, & double standards
Whyyyy can't we just PARENT ALL THE KIDS THE SAME for pete's sake
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Stepparents can carry a lot of angst around the idea that we’re supposed to treat our stepkids the same way as we'd treat our own kids, otherwise we're being the Wicked Stepparents™.
Funny thing though — sometimes by treating our stepkids the same as we'd treat our own kids, we actually come off as more wicked than if we treated them differently. 🙃
I can’t explain this phenomenon; there’s no logical sense to it. Yet that was for sure my personal experience, and I know I’m far from the only stepparent to have encountered this dichotomy.
If you can relate, you should probably go read this: ➡️ STEPKIDS AND DOUBLE STANDARD PARENTING 👀
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