Monday, February 8, 2010

Dad on Drugs. What To Tell The Kids?

Stepfamilies: What Can I Do for My Son who Hasn't Seen his Birth Father?


By LISA COHN


Dear Lisa:

My 9-year-old son has not seen his biological father in a year because his father started taking drugs. My son sometimes cries about this and my new husband, his stepfather, thinks that my son is just being manipulative. He (the stepfather) also does not spend much time with my son and my son feels ignored and sometimes says he does not feel like he is important. The stepfather does spend a lot of time with his 12-year-old daughter and we have all blended very well, except for my new husband.

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