Several years ago, when my stepson was 18 and living at home, my relationship with him was very strained. The reasons why aren’t important, but needless to say it was a very difficult time. My husband was caught between us - one minute finding his own relationship with his son strained, but the next minute, understandingly, defending his child when I complained about the same behaviours. Things were pretty tough, and I started feeling that I didn’t want to be at home in the warzone that ...