DON’T TRASH THE EX TO HER CHILD
Even if you’d rather watch a horde of angry red ants crawl all over her, remind your stepchild that his mother loves him. I saw it as an opportunity to build up my husband and honor him by loving his child, even if I wasn’t his biological mother. The relationship I gained with my stepson, who realized I wasn’t going to slam his mother, was all worth it.