fennec: I am a parent and step parent also. There is nothing “only” about your job, It’s easier to raise your own kids than step-kids.As for control of the finances, I don’t need to control them. First you teach them rules and standards, then you teach them that if they want money to buy $70 video games they’ll need to get a job because I don’t give money away. My philosophy is that the value of money is as much about how hard it is to earn it as it is about budgeting. Much easier to teach that to my kids, as step-son has a great talent at guilt-tripping his mother.
fennec: I am a parent and step parent also. There is nothing “only” about your job, It’s easier to raise your own kids than step-kids.As for control of the finances, I don’t need to control them. First you teach them rules and standards, then you teach them that if they want money to buy $70 video games they’ll need to get a job because I don’t give money away. My philosophy is that the value of money is as much about how hard it is to earn it as it is about budgeting. Much easier to teach that to my kids, as step-son has a great talent at guilt-tripping his mother.