No or little respect
My first blog, i have never asked for help before, so here goes.
Me and my partner have 3 children, our son is 6 and I have 2 step children a young woman of 17 and a young man of 15.
For the past 2 years I have lost respect from both of the step children wlhen I ask for something to be done the 17 year old has no problem but the 15 year old cant be asked when asked to do simple chores ie when finishing a meal or snack and using a plate, cup etc wash up and put away, it never gets done, as all he wants to do is stay in his bedroom playing on his ps4.
They both swear constantly and the 15 year old belches as loud as he can during dinner, I ask him to stop it as my 6 year old copys him but he will do it again the next meal and my partner very rarely says anything and its getting me more concerned as now it has started to rub off on our 6 year old.
This might all seem meaningless or usual to some people but the disrespect has gone on for too long with little help from my partner.
This is only a short of what happens, there are more examples of disrespect but I wanted to start simplistic.
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Always nice to welcome a new UK member. Do the steps live with you full time? whether they do or not, it is up to your partner to set some boundaries of behaviour for his/her son and daughter. Teens tend to swear a lot but have the ability to control it in front of young children, and your partner is at fault for not tackling this and the other things. Really, everyone on this site will tell you that you have more of a partner problem than a step kid problem. He/she needs to grow a pair and come down on them like the wrath of goddess for being rude, lazy and disrespectful.