Do you need help with setting up a functional
structure in your blended family?
Not exact matches
As
family relationships come
in many forms, we are skilled at working with the challenges and strengths that different
family structures experience;
blended or step, co - or parallel parenting, single parents, military, foster or adoptive, same - sex parents, and
families with children
in different developmental stages.
In time, children moving into blended families tend to do well with the change in family structur
In time, children moving into
blended families tend to do well with the change
in family structur
in family structure.
As far as discipline and
structure in our
family, we struggled to
blend our 7 children during the first 4 years because we did not actually sit down and write out our
family rules or expectations, until last year.
What I'm noticing as a common problem
in the
blending process is the discipline of the step children and that spouses feel as if their kids are being treated differently and unfairly
in the new
family structure.
Blending two
families can be difficult, but premarital counseling can help put
in place the important
structure and emotional and physical support all members of the
family will need.