If your partner is step parent to your toddler, do they help out with parenting?
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My brother and sister are step parents and have taken to parenting as I think they should especially at a young age, but then I can understand it maybe difficult for your partner knowing if he's overstepping the mark, or if you want him to help in that way
I feel like this is hard question to answer without more context. I also don’t have experience from a young child’s point of view. I just would have hated my step dad overstepping, and he came into my life when I was 17. I know my sisters hated his “having no kids. Needing things to be immaculately clean rules.” But I’m pretty sure you are talking about a young child, so that might be completely different? He could be being lazy by not helping? Or he could be not trying to overstep parenting?
From my personal experience, my partner came into my life when my little one was 6 months old. He joins in with toddler groups, plays with her, spoils her rotten, and looks after her when needed (in my sight). Treats her like she’s his own daughter. I don’t know about what others think or have experienced!