Becoming friends with your step child can be very difficult. This relationship is very complicated and often clouded with emotions. Many times the child wants nothing to do with the step parent, and there isn’t a lot that you can…
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Conflicts inevitably occur within blended families. Simply watch the first seasons of “The Brady Bunch” or “Step By Step” to see many of these issues showcased and resolved with comedic antics. In the real world, however, these problems can get…
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Children need love and crave attention. When one of the biological parents is absent from their life, either by choice or involuntarily, it is natural for the child to form a bond with the step parent who is there. While…
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Blended families have a hard time getting along through most day to days. The truth of the matter families that are not blended do too. Do not feel as that the reason behind your conflict is because your family is…
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A successfully blended family starts with the parents who are initiating the union of two families as one. The attitudes, generosities and kindnesses shown by both parents will set the tone for how the blending of the family happens. This…
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Children need to feel they are loved and accepted by the people who are closest to them. Within the blended family, a step parent has the responsibility of developing a secure and loving relationship with their stepchildren. Relationships of this…
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Befriending your step child is a goal of every worthy step parent. When you enter into a relationship with someone who has a child from a previous partner there are many factors to consider. First and foremost, you must understand…
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Making your stepchild feel loved and secure is pretty easy once you get over the initial fears and anxieties that come with welcoming a child into your heart from a family that started before you met her. The evil stepmother…
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How to Be A Good Mother-in-Law Familial relationships are never particularly easy so it is particularly satisfying when they work. For this relationship to work, both the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law or son-in-law must first have mutual respect for the other….
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When will my father treat me like a grown up? The ultimate answer to this question is never! Especially for daughters who have a very close relationship with their fathers. Ever since the day I was born, the first time…
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Stepchildren come in all shapes, sizes, and ages. Even when they are grown, their feelings toward you as the stepparent seldom change.  It’s the “we against him/her ” mentality, where the unsuspecting new spouse encounters enemy camp, and whatever you may do…
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Do they get the recognition? What a loaded question that is. There are two sides to every story- and I can attribute to both in various ways. Although, I truly believe that stay at home parents do not get the…
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Step-parenting is, beyond a doubt, one of the most challenging jobs in the world…at least if you’re doing it the right way. It can also be one of the most rewarding, but often, that reward will come many years into…
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“It’ll Take Dyin’ to Get It Done”, A Story of a 40 Year Forgiveness Sideways, in the back, running away, standing still and about any other way one could get it, I did. Don’t be confused here. We’re talking mental…
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Children are individual, even children within the same family are individuals. People have no trouble treating adults as individuals with their own characters and needs, but children are individuals too. Many parents believe that they should treat their children equally,…
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I love questions that make you really sit back and think before you are able to give an honest answer. The questions in which you can identify with both sides and really make you weigh the options while taking in…
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As hard as it may be to grasp for some parents and children who love each other unconditionally and unequivocally, I have learned to realize and have met parents who have never grasped the concept of being a parent. My…
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The importance of honoring your parents is a principle embedded in the Ten Commandments; the fifth commandment specifically, says “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives…
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It can be very difficult to cope when in-laws interfere with parenting style. Usually this happens because they believed that the children are not being given the proper quality of care. Standing up for what the parents feel is the…
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The bond between a Mother and her son is something special. Now, don’t take me wrong, I love both of my children as much as I can but each love comes in a different package. A girls love drifts as…
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Being the mother of a son, I understand the sacred bond between mothers and their boys.  With that said, when you marry a boy he will always have a mother who is protective and domineering and maybe even a little…
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Having a close and happy relationship with your mother-in-law is extremely rewarding and can help improve your own relationship with your husband. There is nothing more damaging to a marital relationship than having a situation where you have to compete…
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