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You need to keep overt acts of affection in private even
though you and your blended family spouse are happy in the new love and new
life you are going to tackle. Your hugs and kisses will not help your kids if
they are not comfortable in the new step family situation.
You can evaluate your step kids on how they are connecting
with you as compared with your bio kids when it comes to the household rules,
permissions and family chores. A step kid can act different towards you or the
step siblings when it is being disrespected.
There are blended family parents hoping that their step
family will be happy by pretending. However, there is no way that it can make
the blended family successful. It takes effort, time and clarity when it comes
to new blended family in order to create the unity and personal acceptance of
the members especially the step kids or step siblings.