I've avoided dating women with kids. Unfortunately, one on Match.com decided to lie on her form and we matched up. I didn't mind the age lie much, but the kid lie, well, I gave them a shot. Why not? Maybe it won't be as bad as I thought.
It was as bad as I thought.
I think she had thought that I'd fall in love with
her kids, but it doesn't work that way. At 14 and 15 yo, the two girls weren't adults, and couldn't be treated as such, so I couldn't handle them. Instead of learning to like them, I went the other direction, deciding that girls at that age
still strike me as unplesant and irrational. The relationship went nowhere as a result.
More recently, I started playing volleyball. Some of the people who show up for the game are girls in that age range. I think the reason I get along with them is because I'm not
trying to, ignoring them in favor of the adults between games. (shrug)
Anyway, the point is that only
you can determine how this will work. And I suspect it depends on the kid(s) involved as well.