Hi could I have a ppp? Looking from advice from other step-parents on how they w…
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Hi could I have a ppp? Looking from advice from other step-parents on how they would handle this situation? So my stepson comes to us pretty much every weekend unless his mum has plans with him etc, myself and my partner have two younger kids under 5 but we are all pretty close and love to have him here with us. He’s had a lot of change at home recently, mum got a new partner etc and I think it’s taking its toll on him. He’s usually well behaved when with us and very laid back.. has his moments like any normal 10 year old but generally a nice wee boy. Except today I had a few friends round for lunch and as soon as they came in he started showing off and really acting up as soon as his dad was out the room… he couldn’t find one of his games and started blaming me shouting that I had deliberately moved it and that I always move his stuff and demanded I get up and find it now! Couldn’t get over it just told him I hadn’t touched it and to look again in the cases to which he replied ‘you’re so annoying I am going to bar you from this house’ then lifted his hand so close to my face and pretended like he was going to hit me! I was mortified this was all going on in front of others I told him to stop speaking to me like that right away and that sort of cheek and showing off wasn’t acceptable and that his younger brothers wouldn’t get away with it either, he got very embarrassed as others heard him being told off and stormed up the stairs in a mood. Told my partner what had happened and he said he would speak to him about it but all he said ‘please don’t be cheeky son’ and even then the rest of the day he was huffing and being stroppy with me for nothing clearly as he knew his dad wasn’t fussed! I was so irate as if it was on of the other kids he would react differently and be stricter with them. I appreciate he’s going through a lot of changes at home and it’s difficult for him but we’ve always been close and he knows he can speak to us about anything but I just think it’s so unfair for differences to be made between any of the kids and I can’t just be a target for him to take his anger out on, I don’t want the other kids to think it’s acceptable to speak and treat me with such little respect. My partner is so laid back any anytime I even bring it up I feel like he thinks I’m being unfair just want to know how others would deal with this? Want to nip it in the bud now before it becomes a really big issue. Tia x
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