We all try to treat our children equally, but it can be hard in new blended families. Ellie felt this when she and her teen daughter Amy moved into her new husband’s house and found out Amy wouldn’t have her own room. Ellie suggested that her husband’s daughter give up her room, but things went wrong quickly.

This is Ellie’s letter:

The next day, I was stunned to find that my husband had locked the bedroom and
changed the lock so Amy can’t enter again. I confronted him, but he said, “Your daughter didn’t even have a proper room in your small apartment. You both slept in the same space. So now, I don’t think she would mind sleeping on the living room
couch, it’s actually quite comfy!” I was furious and insisted that my child deserves a proper bedroom, and she shouldn’t be treated as an inferior in her
new house.
I am heartbroken and deeply disappointed.
Am I wrong to feel this way? Yours,
Ellie