Hi All, Apologies if this is not the right place to post this! I'm a new-ish stepmum of 4 kids that my partner has from a previous marriage. When I say new-ish, I mean my partner and I have been together for almost 4 years, but the kids didn't know I existed until late last year. Since then we've moved to the area where the kids are to be closer, and since Christmas three of the kids (10, 12, and 14) have been visiting every other weekend. So it's been from zero to 100 in an extremely short space of time. Needless to say I'm having a lot of trouble with the changes. I'm starting to read a lot on step parenting to try and get my head around it, but there is a sad lack of resources and support where I live. Awesome support if you're a parent, no support if you're a step parent, and trust me these things are totally different! So I'm looking for people I can chat with to be able to bounce off, understand what I need to do, need to NOT do, and generally get my head around an extremely large shift in my life. Any help or resources would be much appreciated! Cheers, Stepmum34 :)
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