Let me say out of the gate, I don’t have solutions. I have questions. And as a stepparent, there’s only so much I can do to make a difference. To complicate matters more, parenting a child with special needs in two separate households is…in short…almost effing impossible. When I went all in with my husband …
Consequences
My teen came to me fully formed and already teenagery. So we missed the cute baby years, those awkward elementary years, and the “what is that smell?” preteen years. There are some things you have to do differently when you take in a child that is mostly cooked vs one who still needs you to …