Tell Me About It…
If you are a woman with stepchildren who has experienced physical violence in your household at the hands of your stepchild or adult stepchild, or know someone who is, I would like to hear from you for research purposes. I also encourage you to find support so that you can feel and be safe in your home.
My email address is wednesday@wednesdaymartin.com
Tags: physical violence in stepfamilies, stepmother, violence against stepmother, woman with stepchildren
July 21st, 2009 at 11:21 am
Wednesday,
Thank you for getting this out there. My friend Laura will email you. It’s funny how many stepmoms are supposed to be wicked and how many of them really are bending over backwards, apparently sometimes they become victims of the kid’s power. I think my stepkids had too much power in our home. Thank God nothing like what you describe, but I can see it. Thanks again from Kaye
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:48 pm
I have some things to say, that’s for sure. Will shoot you an email.
August 28th, 2009 at 12:46 am
Stepmom is a hard job.I have something to say.
October 17th, 2011 at 11:58 am
I know this is late but oh well I can still get it off my chest. I haven’t experienced ‘violent’ physical episodes of abuse, just verbal abuse. And I don’t mean to say “just”. My husband had custody of his two teen-age daughters back in 1990. His ex started to fill the girls’ heads with lies & hate & chaos. I believe this messed up the girls’ mental health because they were still only 11 & 13. She lived in Washington State and we were in Michigan. It was a ploy of course to get the girls over to Washington State to get bigger welfare checks & bigger Food Stamp allowance. One day I was just getting home from work and both SD’s came to me while I was putting my purse on the kitchen table. One of the girls shot a ink stain on a pink blouse that I was wearing. They both laughed like it was the funniest thing in the world. I was so hurt & shocked & the oldest girl said – ‘oh it’ll disappear’. All I could say was: ‘Ok’. The SD’s mom would tell them that I was a big whore & spread my legs for every man that came along. I didn’t know that they were saying cruel things to my own daughter and telling her really horrible things. Thank God 30 years later they out of our lives. My husband (their dad) has been blind to alot of things but he is still my husband. Not too long ago my husband rec’d a text from his ex, saying that ’she still loved him & thought about him & was sorry for all past mistakes” – I told her to quit being immoral and quit texting my husband and go to bed. She texted me on my cell “If anyone is immoral, it is you, you old whore. you broke up my family you old slut”. Apparently her lack of education shows because technology can be copied & thrown on the internet. Thanks!