[Laneco]

As a gen-u-ine red-headed stepchild, I feel blessed that my Father always treated my brothers and me as equals to his birth children. We were all "his" and that was that. Boy, was I lucky growing up.

I think you need to talk to your Mom about this. Is she giving just your stepchildren less, or does she give less to the other stepchildren in the family? If it is just YOUR stepchildren, then I think the issue may be something to do with your wife... Not fair that the children are so treated, but it may be an unfortunate fact.

Maybe a way to help keep the family "blended" and eliminate the impression of unfairness would be for her to give all your children ONE cash gift that they must determine how to spend as a family, e.g. a trip to the Zoo, etc., that everyone does together.

angela