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Both Warmth and Control are Needed
For ex-wives and stepmoms: A guide to getting along
She Ain’t My Blood But She’s My Girl | The Best Stepdad A Daughter Could Have (Over 175 step-fathers being men)
"Dad, Will You Adopt Me? " (Over 125 step-fathers being men)
Who says Real Men don't cry?
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Both Warmth and Control are Needed


A study of 39 stepfathers found that those who frequently showed both warmth and control parenting behaviors reported having better adjusted to their stepparenting role than the stepfathers who did not engage in these behaviors.

Source: Fine, Mark A., Lawrence H. Ganong, and Marilyn Coleman. "The Relation Between Role Constructions and Adjustments Among Stepfathers." Journal of Family Issues 18.5, (September 1997): 503-525.

She Ain’t My Blood But She’s My Girl | The Best Stepdad A Daughter Could Have


One percent of children in two-parent households, one parent is an adopter.. Five percent of step parents have officially adopted their step-child.

She Ain’t My Blood But She’s My Girl | The Best Stepdad A Daughter Could Have
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Legend: Over 100 TikTok videos to watch the reactions to a step-daughter or step-father listening to the song for the first time.

She Ain’t My Blood But She’s My Girl (TikTok Version)

The Song on Tik Tok that underlys these one minute experiences. Some times the Step-Father played this for his Step-Daughter for the first time. On others, the step-daughter played it for the Step-Father for the first time. The song writer starts out this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfjsgr4lK8M

She hit me like a train the first time she called me dad.

In a three stick figure crayon picture with all of us holding hands

She ain't my blood, ain't got my name

But if she did I'd feel the same.

I wasn't there for her first steps

But I ain't missed a ball game yet.

And that ain't ever gonna change.

I could never walk away.

Yes she's my own and that's my choice

She ain't my blood but she's mine,

She's my girl.

 

Elvie Shane Lyrics

She's My Girl (Complete Lyrics)

She ain't got my smile, that don't bother me a bit

She's got somebody else's eyes I'm seeing myself in

I'm holding on to every moment, God knows I've missed a few

The day we met I knew I had some catching up to do

 

She ain't my blood, ain't got my name

But if she did, I'd feel the same

I wasn't there for her first steps

But I ain't missed the ball game yet

And that ain't ever gonna change

I could never walk away

Yeah, she's my baby my whole world

She ain't my blood but she's my, she's my girl

 

It hit me like a train, the first time she called me dad

In a three stick figure crayon picture with all of us holding hands

Her mama said, "I understand if it's too soon for this"

I didn't let her finish, I took it to the kitchen and I stuck it on the fridge, yeah

 

She ain't my blood, ain't got my name

But if she did, I'd feel the same

I wasn't there for her first steps

But I ain't missed the ball game yet

And that ain't ever gonna change

I could never walk away

Yeah, she's my baby and my whole world

She ain't my blood but she's my, she's my girl

 

She's Saturday morning cartoons

She's "Hey, can I sleep in your room?"

She's bigger than the plans I had

She's making me a better man

 

She ain't my blood, ain't got my name

But if she did, I'd feel the same

I wasn't there for her first steps

But I ain't missed the ball game yet

And that ain't ever gonna change

I could never walk away

Yeah, she's my baby and my whole world

She ain't my blood but she's my, she's my girl

Yeah, she's my, she's my girl.

 

At 3:47, the step-daughter showed the following cue cards to the viewers during the playing of this song.

I want to say thank you to my biological father.

You knew you didn't want me.

You knew you weren't going to be the man that I NEEDED or DESERVED

You never tried to contact me or send me a card on my birthday.

I never waited for a phone call or letter from you. I never wondered if you were going to show.

Because of you I was CHOSEN.

Chosen by a man when I was 3 years old. By a man who wanted to be MY DAD.

A man who wanted to be there for EVERYTHING.

A man who wanted to teach me how to ride a bike, be a strong and independent person

and how to be a good parent to my son

Because you didn't want me, I had an amazing dad and I am grateful for you being ABSENT.

A dad is not someone who gives you their DNA but it is a man who is present & there, even when times aare tough

THANK-YOU to the man who left me AND to the one who choose to LOVE ME

NEXT STEP

"Dad, Will You Adopt Me? "

General Norman Schwarzkopf commanded Operation Desert Storm, successfully driving out Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces from Kuwait in 1991.

May 28, 2013 on Barbara Walters, he said “I don't think I would like a man who was incapable of enough
emotion to get tears in his eyes every now and then. That person scares me; he 's not a human being.”

At another time he said, "Crying is a sign of strength. Never trust a man who doesn't cry.:"

See in the following the hidden side of what I call A Man's Man, a man who engages in activities that are traditionally viewed as masculine, and who earns the respect of other men. Such men may also be described as “manly,” emphasizing their masculine personality. Dec 22, 2022

 

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Legend: Over 100 TikTok videos to watch the reactions to a step-daughter or step-father listening to the song for the first time.

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It takes a strong man to accept somebody else's children and step up to the plate another man left on the table.

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