The holiday season is always lauded as important family time. There are extended-family dinners, gifts to exchange, and cross-country treks to each other’s homes. All in all, this sounds like a wonderful time of year, right? Well, for blended families (who now make up over 50% of US households), spending this time together isn’t so… Continue reading How to Change Your Step-Family to a Chosen Family This Holiday Season
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Tips for Helping Stepfamilies Get Off to a Smoother Beginning
Any new marriage has its hurdles. But when the newlyweds also bring children from previous marriages, they face the additional challenge of trying to balance the needs of the relationship with the needs of the kids. It’s rarely as easy as the Brady Bunch made it seem. Too frequently, partners imagine that because they love… Continue reading Tips for Helping Stepfamilies Get Off to a Smoother Beginning