Five Discipline Tips For Step-Parents By: Susan Epstein Are you a step-parent in a blended family? Are your spouse’s children having difficulty adjusting to this new situation? Or have you been blended for a long time and things just aren’t going well? Have you heard the kids say, “You aren’t my dad/mom, and I don’t have to listen to you!” or worse, do the kids just ignore what you have to say?
Did you know that at least one-third of all children in the U.S. will live in a step-family before the age of 18? (Larson, J (1992), Un... Tags:
The Benefits of Marriage and Family Counseling By: Maichal Family problems can cause untold suffering and symptoms. They can also be very complex so the sooner treatment is started, the better; and while these conflicts often do cause people to seek psychological or marriage counseling, they usually procrastinate, making improvement more difficult. A couple can experience problems because of a medical or psychological problem in either person, or in one of their children. Parent-child problems can also create turmoil. Communication and discipline proble Tags: acne exposed review treatment
Do YOU feel Guilty? Disappointed? Hidden Effects of Divorce By: Charlotte Kamman When you get divorced, the last thing on your mind are the effects of divorce on the long term. You just want to get out as soon as possible, maybe you have another partner already, maybe you're just sick of it and have had enough. Even although my divorce was a pretty easy one, I only recently started to see what the long term effects of divorce are; not only on children, but also on adults. In this article I will focus on the effects of divorce on our own emotions, feelings, thoughts and effectiveness to create a happy and stable family life. Tags: stepparenting, stepfamily, stepfamilies, blended families, self-development, family, children, pa
Effects of Divorce - How Often do YOU Feel Guilty? By: Charlotte Kamman. I want to tell you about the effects of divorce I experienced myself. I know there are many, many websites about the effects of divorce, how bad it is for children, how to organize your new situation financially and practically, but that is not what I want to talk about here. I want to tell you the story of my life, and I want to take you on a trip through an area where I feel my divorce has had a much bigger impact than I would ever have imagined. Tags: stepparenting, stepfamily, stepfamilies, blended families, self-development, family, children, pa
Every time I was frustrated with his children, Id blame his ex for my having to raise their children after she messed them up. The angrier I got, the more I blamed her - never thinking that my husband had a small part in it. After all, it takes two! Tags: stepdaughter, families, children, lying, doubt, wife, behaviors, emotion, love, absent, si
STEP WARS--Overcoming the Perils and Making Peace in Adult Stepfamilies By: Yvonne Kelly The dynamics of stepfamilies can be powerful and toxic--especially when adult children are dealing with the complexities of relationships that come when their own parents, in later life, remarry. Adult children may suddenly be forced to adjust to new relationships with parents, step-parents, step-siblings, and possibly the birth of new siblings; and face new financial situations, such as adjusted inheritances. Tags: stepfamily, step family, stepfamilies, step families, stepparent, step-parent, step parent
Step Families – The Trouble with Expectations By: Joan Sarin, M.S Step families have their own version of a “happily ever after” myth – generally there’s an expectation that the remarriage will heal the family from the trauma of divorce. My son was nine, and my husband’s daughter was six when we married; in my mind we were creating a perfect family of four, just as I had always wanted. It was a lovely expectation, only a totally unrealistic one. Tags: stepfamily support, step family, step families, stepfamily f
A New Home Gives Space to Blending Families By: Keith Cook When two families join together through marriage, there are a number of issues that need to be sorted out so that everyone feels comfortable with the new family unit. One important item that needs to be settled prior to the wedding day is the question about where this new mixed family will live. Tags: home buying, relocation, moving, family real estate, children, real estate
The Stepchild’s Point of View By: Joan Sarin, M.S My son became a stepchild at nine, after being the only child of a single mom since he could remember. When he grew up, he shared this with me: “The odd thing for a child who becomes part of a stepfamily is that their sense of the safe and familiar becomes totally disrupted almost overnight. Tags: stepfamily support, step family, step families, stepfamily f
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