Who is Suzie?
I’m a Relate-trained counsellor, an accredited parenting educator, an agony aunt with over 15 years experience of working on UK national magazines (including eight years as agony aunt of Women’s Own), newspapers, television, radio and online and the author of 26 books – the two most recent being Teach Yourself Step-parenting and Teach Yourself Single Parenting. I was the counsellor in ‘Stepfamilies’, a major BBC1 series, helping people sort their way through the difficulties of bringing new families together.
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he loves his kids, i feel left out
My husband has 2 children, 11 and 8, who stay with us every second weekend and half of school holidays. When they are around I feel like a child with no choices and there is inevitably conflict. Continue reading
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i am struggling
there’s so much i want to say; with a divorce and 2 girls, i am struggling. Continue reading
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i am starting to resent his child
When i hear my boyfriend say how much he loves his son and thinks how gorgeous he is, i cant help but feel anger. i know his mother and hate her! Continue reading
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stepfamilies aren’t easy! #2
I have just watched your programme on Stepfamilies – you did absolutely nothing! Continue reading
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stepfamilies aren’t easy!
Step families are not easy on any one but I would say mainly the poor children are affected. Continue reading
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I want to do the right thing by my stepson
My youngest stepson lies and steals. How do we handle him? I want to do the right thing… Continue reading
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boy oh boy his ex wife
His ex is driving us mad. We’ve tried everything – what can we do? Continue reading
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school refusal
my kid bunks school as she fake illness, im really worried that there might be something wrong at school but when i asked she said nothing. Continue reading
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not the Dad she might have wanted
Dear Suzie, I just watched your programme ‘stepfamilies’ on the BBC and was in tears for most of it. I just had to e-mail you to let you know the effect it had on me. Continue reading
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stepfamily woes
My eldest is 10 and is suffering through the transition into a new stepfamily. It’s very hard to be encouraging. I want to help him feel better about himself but he’s so beligerent Continue reading
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