A mum has sparked a debate after admitting she is taking her children and nephew on a holiday to Disney but is leaving her stepdaughter at home to sulk. The 41-year-old has one child with her husband, 41, one from a previous relationship, and welcomed two stepchildren into her life when she remarried. However, she says her 16-year-old stepdaughter has been causing issues in the household, especially when it comes to 'family time'.
She said on Reddit : "We have always treated the children as equally as possible, though with extended family, they don't always go on the same trips if we don't go. "His parents take his children on vacations and my child doesn't want to go without me. This has never been an issue.
But when we plan trips, we always take everyone. The problem is that my stepdaughter doesn't really like anything that anyone else does. Or she will like it until someone else does.
"She really wanted to go on a winter trip to Colorado for skiing. None of the other children were that excited, but seeing as it's hard to find things she likes, we went. She was excited until the other kids started enjoying it too, and then she wanted to leave.
This is pretty much what happens when we go on trips to the zoo, museums, or anything. And if other people are already happy about it, she immediately hates the idea." Wanting to understand her mindset, her biological parents and her stepparents each spent one-on-one time with her as well as in their couples to see whether this was th.
