Kari West
The Ups and Downs of Step-Parenting
One evening, shortly after Richard and I married, he settled into his lounge chair to read - oblivious to my 14-year-old daughter's piercing scowl and clenched fist as she stomped into the bedroom. But he heard her words. Melanie flung her body face down onto my bed, muttering, "It's not fair, Mother! Richard is sitting where my dad is supposed to...