:jawdrop: my 2 daughters and 3 step kids are nothing alike. I can have a decent conversation with my girls yet with my husbands kids they just stare at me And stutter or say something that doesn't make sense .its hard for them to articulate themselves. My daughters live 8 hours away. And because they would rather live withme and express this to their father he withholds my phone calls because I guess talking to.me makes them talk to him about wanting to be with me. I'm so unhappy and I feel there is not enough help for.my step kids and I feel their father is too apathetic to really do anything positive for their future, even with me because he knows its a problem... I miss my girls so.much, its so frustrating being around my step kids...