Blended families advice

If you are joining your family to another, these Common Blended Family Problems are issues you may need to be prepared to deal with. Check out our tips to create harmony in blended families.

Adding an ours baby to your blended family, is something that many stepmoms stress about. Here's what happened in our family.

It’s important to set boundaries with your blended family – especially if your ex is involved! blended families rely on boundaries, tact, and communication to function. Any ground rules being set need to take everyone’s needs into account.

Merging two households into one blended family is never an easy task. It requires patience, commitment, respect, and a whole load of grace for every member of the family to feel truly a part of the new union. And even when you think it's going great, blind spots will inevitably make themselves known, potentially causing hurt and regret. Elizabeth Oschwald highlights two things that caught her by surprise when she and her husband blended their families.

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Because the more you know how messy blending looks IRL, the less freaked you’ll feel that you’re doing it wrong.For most stepfamilies, the process of becoming blended is not an easy one. At the very least, the experience of blending a family is typically much different from what any of us expected — parent, stepparent, and stepkid alike.#stepparenting #parenting #stepmom #stepdad #blendedfamilies #blendedfamilyfrappe #coparenting

Here a guide on why your relationship should come first in a stepfamily and not your kids. We shared our stepfamily dynamics when we put the kids first, and why we think your relationship forms the foundation of your blended family.

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Should your partner or the kids come first in a blended family? Here's why your relationship needs to take top priority.

Blended families, also known as stepfamilies or reconstituted families, are families formed when one or both partners in a relationship have children from previous marriages or relationships and decide to live together and create a new family unit. This family structure involves combining individuals who may not be biologically related but come together to form a cohesive family unit.

Is hanging onto your idea of how your stepkids "should" act or how a stepparent "should" feel keeping you from enjoying your blended family as-is? Don't get so bogged down by ideas of how your blended family is supposed to be that you lose sight of the awesome family you are. #stepparentsuccess #blendedfamily #becomingblended #stepparenting

What we think a stepparent is, vs what a stepparent actually is, are usually two different things. So, if you're becoming a stepparent, and you have a new blended family, with stepkids, read this post to find out what's the role of a stepparent.

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