My Stepmom Dislikes My ADHD Son Because I Won’t Discipline Him With Force
I refuse to crush his spirit.
It’s commonly understood that stepmothers don’t always love their stepchildren. Just look at the stepmothers of many fairytales. Cinderella’s stepmother hated her.
If stepmothers are famous for disliking their stepchildren, then why should we expect them to love their step-grandchildren? My stepmother certainly doesn’t. Not only does she not like me, but she doesn’t like my twelve-year-old son either.
Why my stepmother doesn’t like my son or me.
After my mom died, my father married a new woman. I gave them my blessing and, for a while, his new wife and I got along. She called me her stepdaughter and I called her my stepmother.
However, as we got to know one another better — and namely, as she started to learn more about me — I fell from her grace.
She’s a conservative woman from the Deep South. I’m a liberal from California. I’m not the kind of person to write off someone because of their political affiliations. However, our different political leanings were indicative of something else. We just don’t think alike.
