I got my step kids at 9 and 13 (boy 9 and girl 13) same thing as Dink, Father worked just to have money for gas and beer. They lived with us for 1.5 years and we moved to a new town and they wanted to stay at thier school so they moved back in with their dad. The boy had it in his mine that he was going to drop out of school at 16. It took a lot of time for me to change his mine. I took him fishing and hunting every chance I could and would talk with about the things me and his mother had like boats, guns, nice cars, places to hunt ect... and would tell him it is because we get up every morning and go to work. He is 19 years old now and in school at UL. Both look to me as a dad not a stepdad. Please do not give up on him he will come around it just take time. May God bless you and your family.
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