Sunday, January 27, 2013

Development Stages in a Blended Family

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Without a thoughtful consideration, hard work and dedication, success in blended family cannot be obtained just like what other things life requires. Step parents, step siblings and step children can create a happy step family but not until the blended family endured the development stages.

Actually, the blended families members must understand and do the step family life with romanticize. Expectations can be distorted especially when you assume that your step siblings, step kids and step parents will feel instant bonding to one another. There are also some step parents that prefer their efforts to please their step kids and be appreciated but those biological children sees blended family as an improvement. Actually, children wanted their original or biological parents to be back once again.

It is true that life can be falling apart daily. In essence, there might be a situation where the spouse eats regular meals with the children and discovered that he or she is married to a person who eats on the run. Step kids also consider that loving their step parents is like forgetting their biological parents. Although you can ask your children to love their step parent, it is not right or fair to demand to love their step parent. With this, step parent will understand the painful feelings that these children are experiencing and able to provide them the right value in order to develop their blended family. You can visit The Blended and Step Family Resource Center if you need help with your step family or step children.