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How Can We Make This Work? - Page 2

© Aaron Joseph Goebel

after the initial greetings and catching up on things, let them have some time to just hang out around the house and get to feel at home. This is difficult for them, too, coming into a house where their parent is, along with a new partner who is not their mother (or father), and perhaps another child or children who live there all the time. What child wouldn't be affected by this? So don't think you have to run, run, run and entertain the whole time the absent child is visiting. You'll find yourself with a spoiled, crabby kid who won't ever settle into a family routine while they're there, along with siblings who will resent their visits.

Being newly married is a time of high emotion and great expectations. There's lots of excitement and a fair amount of stress in starting a new life together. Stress can be a good thing or it can be destructive to your well-being and the stability of the relationship, and when blending families, can cause damage that may not be reparable.

How are we going to make this mix work? Ask for Advice! Research and read all you can! Don't be afriad to ask for help! I've listed some good sites that may help.

Building Kinship in a Blended Family http://www.cyberparent.com/step/buildkin...

Teen Matters in Blended Families http://kidshealth.org/teen/mind_matters/...

Join the Ring of Blended Families http://kidshealth.org/teen/mind_matters/...

Article by Willard Hartley Jr. P.H.D. on Blended Families http://www.parenthoodweb.com/articles/ph...

Blended Families Greeting Cards http://www.sbbink.com/

Family Fusion http://www.familyfusion.com/

Remarriage and Blended Families http://www.split-up.com/splitgen/sp/gn/r...

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