The Last Songbird in Thailand

Anyone that has step children or has some involvement with step children either as a friend or parent of a couple raising step children will have a great interest in this distressing story. Anyone that is considering starting a relationship where there will be stepchildren involved need to be aware of the potential unavoidable stress that may come their way. What do you do when basic reasoning with the stepchild or with the mother or father of the child fails to listened to? What do you do when any mention of a problem with a stepchild brings an instant, explosive, argumentative response that can only be terminated by evacuating the scene to avoid being embroiled in an unwinnable screaming match. The results of which can only end in destruction of the relationship, either immediately or by being quickly eroded by further attempts to solve the problems.