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Step Parenting Advice to Prevent Driving a Wedge Between Your Family Part 1


Some of you may remember that screwball comedy starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda called, “Yours, mine and ours.” Although that movie was created back in 1968 and predated the Brady Bunch by almost a decade… it was the classic movie plot of a rather large step parent family and step parenting advice. There were 18 children! And the movie was based on a real life family!

Just wow…

But what that movie did do was point out that step families are not always harmonious ones. And there are so many step families in United States in the modern world because many families break up and get put together with other couples.

By now, you would think we would know what works and what does in step parenting… but no.

Step parenting is just as hard as being a regular parent… maybe even harder if the step child doesn’t adjust easily. And besides, step parenting always is portrayed in movies and TV shows as being evil and the “enemy.” Which in my opinion is unjustifiable because there are so many good-hearted folks that get stuck in a bad situation that had nothing to do with them.

As you might imagine, whenever a new “parent” joins a family, the children feel a desire to carve out their territories and space for themselves. And many times, the adults get into the fray. Which results in lousy situations that threatens the fabric and integrity of the family unit.

In a strange way, the children tend to want to defeat the step parent and the biological parent is emotionally torn between the conflict between the new spouse and the children.

I’ll be talking some more about more step parenting advice in my next couple of blog posts so be sure to come back…

Later,

John

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