So I've never written on a blog or forum, so there is a chance I'm posting this wrong. I guess I'm hoping that this will help me vent and cope with things better because sometimes it feels like I'm just not coping which will mess my step kid out even more. Any way I'm 35 years old, who is trying to learn to live with an 11 year old boy with lots of attachment issues and behavior issues. I fell in love with his father over a year ago, and when I met E he was this very loving sweet 10 year old, he still is however, now there so many behavioral issues that are causing stress in the home.