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Insights Into Establishing A Harmonious Blended Family By: Sharon Vaz Many adults are getting married with children already in the wings. The result – blended families – can be greatly rewarding, although not without conflict. This article highlights some areas of concern for blended families and how to deal with them.
It is not uncommon these days for couples to pursue remarriage with children already in tow. Blended family statistics show that at least one in three Americans is now a stepchild, stepparent, a stepsibling, or some part of a... Tags: blended family, remarriage, blended family conflict, blended family issue, blended family
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
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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