Family

Becoming a Step-Grandparent can be an awesome experience if you let it. It takes more work when you have two different backgrounds and you try to blend them. But it can be just as rewarding as it would be if…
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It can be a challenge to make a merged family work financially, but it is important to do so. The following tips can help you create the financial situation that you want. First you need to decide how you want…
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When it comes to religion, the possibility of a family break up over a child changing religions after marriage is very real. Nothing is closer to a parent than the desire for their child to serve God in the same…
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Though I am not a step-father, I do know of a few people that have become step-fathers. If you are going to be a step-father, do not be afraid. You simply need to be calm and be relaxed. Hopefully, you…
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My 17 year old daughter came to my class 3 days ago, looking like she had the weight of the world on her shoulders. Knowing my daughter, and knowing that she needed to talk to me, I immediately rounded up…
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I was that child once. I started out being Muslim, raised Muslim and living a very Muslim lifestyle. My mom was Muslim and so were family members. I remember being in the mosque and praying my prayers to Allah, who…
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The role of a stepparent is not to be envied.  This is a person that is coming in and trying to make themselves a part of an already established family.  They are often stepping in after, or sometimes even during…
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Starting over is always a challenge. Starting over with a new partner and a blended family is a nearly-impossible juggling act. It all looks so easy in the beginning, when you are looking at the world through rose-colored glasses. You…
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The blending of families is a common and yet challenging task. The days of the intact family, exempt from divorce, appears less noticeable in today’s world. Changes in our family system pose a complex set of transitional difficulties. Making these…
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Blended family. Mixed family. Extended family. I have heard all of these terms and more to explain what has, sadly, become the new nuclear family. When I was growing up, my “family” consisted of my real mother, my real father,…
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Complicated, painful, wish it would just go away- all feelings when you are dealing with your ex and your new blended family. It’s like starting in the middle of the stream, trying to reach the shore in a new rowboat….
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Upon reviewing a number of articles written on the subject ‘Children: Yours, mine and ours’, a poem I recently wrote comes to mind. In it, it is clear of the admiration and love held for a particular Marine and his…
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In many cases, religion is more than just a matter of faith; it is a matter of tradition. While this may work for some families, problems often arise when an adult child meets someone of a different faith, and decides…
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AN OVERSIMPLIFIED POSITION I’ve never been a step parent. Nor have I ever felt the desire to be. I simply would not want to be a surrogate parent. Why? Because the child/children are not mine. I don’t want someone else’s…
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Marked Absent. All the press coverage about celebrities separating, divorcing and fighting for custody and contact with children has reminded me of a couple I was close to before they broke up. It was true that there marriage was not…
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Online adoption can be an excellent way for hopeful couples to connect with women who want to give up their babies for adoption, but the Internet is also a good way for a scammer to take advantage of a prospective…
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Being a great stepparent is one of the most natural things in the world, I have been a stepparent for the last five years and then recently became a parent myself for the first time too and still treat my…
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Fathers represent specific models to various socio-economic groups with differing backgrounds. A father figure to some would be the legitimizing of their name and heritage. Better still is the absentee father who contributes financially to the child’s upbringing and welfare….
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Children are all of our futures, we have all heard this, and all understand its importance. A child holds the world in the palm of their little hands, and without the proper guidance as a youth, they have a really…
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Those who have mothers who complain do not love them any less then those who have perfect mothers. (I am told they exist. I have never met one.) Please remember as you peruse these life lessons that complaining mothers are…
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Any female in a relationship where there are young children from your partners previous relationship with a separation that was not so amicable, read on. There are different scenarios in which your partners young children from a previous relationship can…
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Mother is a person who carries you in a rather long time _ nine months and ten days. She brings you up, takes care of you and does everything that is good for you. However, not everybody, not every child…
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Yes, it is possible to have a happy blended family! I have one and though we have our challenges, they are the normal challenges any family faces. I have a son by birth, and a son and a daughter that…
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I Need to Be Appreciated, Respected and Loved and that ain’t happening here! A Personal Relationship with my Daughter! In private she either ignores me giving all of her attention to others, or pretends to be the perfect daughter, but…
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Very basic instructions for raising a blended family are love, patience, kindness, understanding, repeat. That sounds much like the ingredients for any healthy family. Yet in the case of the blended family, the ingredients are not as easily understood, and…
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This is a subject that I assiduously avoided always because I am still married to the same woman for almost half a century. My previous attempts at intervention in any such live discussion was hotly objected to by both protagonists…
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As adults it seems that you should no longer have the right to blame your parents or friends for how you behave or misbehave. Parents cannot be held accountable for a grown ups judgment or lack of judgment. An adult…
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Deciding to become a stay at home mom is not easy, it is a very big decision which should involve both parents working out whether it is for the best and how they can manage to cope with just one…
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Having dealt with my biological father all my life, I feel like a bit of an expert in this area. So you get an idea of where I’m coming from, let me give you a bit of a background. My…
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A child will always be a child to his or her mother but that child eventually grows up to be an adult and adults should handle conflicts between themselves, whether it involves a sibling, friend, co-worker, etc. A mother cannot mediate…
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