Do stepparents get enough credit? 31 Articles

by Mary Bubbins

Speaking as a step-mother of two girls,ages ten and eight, along with three children of my own, I must say that any other step-parent who answers this question no really needs to contemplate their situation. My step-dau...read more

by Kimberly Lupescu

I think when it comes to stepparenting there is no happy medium. I have a step mom and she was my friend until the wedding ring went on her finger. It was then that we starting fighting and she tried to be very controlli...read more

by Kim Sharpe

I don't think that most stepparents get any credit. Its a hard job if you decide to marry someone with a child or children and take on the role. Its often a despised role by both the step children themselves and also by ...read more

by Carole Silverman

When I married my husband, I became the instant mother to his nine-year-old daughter in addition to becoming a Girl Scout Leader, Religious Science Sunday School Teacher, and PTA Room Mother all at once. My instant daught...read more

by Gabriella Samms

Are we really looking for credit, or do we just want someone to notice that we cared enough to take on what some parents wouldn't do? In my case, it's the latter. As a single mother of two, I had my hands full. My ch...read more

by Hannah Rice Myers

When we first become involved with a person who has children from another relationship, we must be prepared for a long road ahead. And if we ourselves have children, we must also be prepared to treat all of the children eq...read more

by Sandra Douglas

It's not about credit. In my second marriage, in addition to being a mother of two boys, I stepped into the role of parent to my husband's three children, seven year old twins and a five year old with Down syndrome. The...read more

by Charleine Fenn

I am stepmother and I can honestly say without a doubt, stepparents usually get a raw deal. The love and devotion they put into a family, rarely gets the recognition it most surely deserves. My husband and I have been marr...read more

by joy

I am a stepmother and say without any doubt, nobody gives stepparents enough credit!As a stepparent, you will often hear "Don't be so hard on them, they are children of DIVORCE" and "you knew what you were getting into". ...read more

by Deborah Bigelow

I can answer this question from both sides, and either way I look at it the answer is no, and then again, yes, it just takes a long time for the appreciation to show. I am the product of a broken home. When I was yo...read more

by Manuel Trujillo

I am a proud stepparent to two beautiful girls. One is nine and the other is fifteen. First of all for me well I do get enough credit and will always get because I understand their nature and my standing. You see when I me...read more

by Esta Rooke

Absolutely not. I was once a step-parent (the relationship has since ended) and my children now have a step-father and I have to admit that being a step is really difficult. I think it's really hard to put yourself in th...read more

by Jessica Fowler

There are many families made up of a parent and a step-parent. In some case both of the biological parents are active in the child's life but in other cases there is a parent and a step-parent. Most of the time step-pare...read more

by Nigel Ridpath

Firstly, I find it interesting that most of the writers seeking to answer this question are female. Well, maybe this will prove to be an insightful contrast .... or maybe, the reader can conclude that the issues are the s...read more

by Veronica Foust

Stepparents don't get enough credit. Stepparents are usually labeled as the bad person. They are always blamed for the break up. The children usually always hate the stepparent. They feel their taking the parent's place. M...read more

by Christy Sewell

For me stepparenting has been the most difficult thing i have ever done. When i met my husband, i had a 6 month old daughter and he had a 7 year old son and a 9 year old daughter. To be honest, they put me through hell. So...read more

by Jenn Burrus

Do stepparents get enough credit? Depends on when that stepparent walks into that child's life. How messy was the divorce? How is the relationship between the mom and dad? Who cares if the stepparent gets enough credit. I'...read more

by Sandra Davis

That is a easy answer for me it would be no they do not receive enough credit or respect for the things they do I myself am a stepparent to 2 children I have two of my own also and you think sometimes ok I must love th...read more

by Catherine Henry

Do Stepparents get enough credit? Sometimes they do. I'm here to give credit to my stepfather, my mother who was a stepmother and their x's. We were a blended family. Yours, mine and ours. I loved my family which ab...read more

by Brandie Long

I have had two step-fathers throughout my life, and currently my mother is a step-mom to two. My mother's second husband, my first step-dad, was abusive. He was the steriotypical step-father. He called my brothers names...read more