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Game On!  How Play Can Improve Stepmom/Stepchild Relationships

8/1/2017

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Below is a brief excerpt from my article, Game On! published in the August 2017 issue of StepMom Magazine.
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His look was so determined.

“Stacie, you’re not invited to my birthday party,” my stepson said. “Just mommy is.”

​I hid the pain but it wasn’t entirely surprising. He also didn’t want me to look at him, ask him questions or do things as simple as bring him a napkin when he had a bloody nose. In other words, my 5-year-old stepson was having a hard time attaching to me.

His parents divorced when he was 1 year old and custody is split 50/50 between them. Being separated from his mom at a time when babies are most attached to their mothers caused anxiety that surfaced fairly often. I understood that it wasn’t about me personally.

​I responded that, of course, he could decide who was at his party. I smiled and walked into the house. Then I called my mom and cried—a routine that repeated itself often in the early days. He’s 11 now and the other day he told me I am one of his “best friends.” Obviously much has changed. But how?
to read more, go to www.StepMomMag.com
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