How to Understand the Struggles of Forming a Step Family
It’s hard enough to have two parents, let alone two or three more who aren’t even your real parents. Children or teens with step-parents usually think the ideal step-mother or -father is invisible and nonexistent. Since that is unrealistic, except for reproductive couples who are truly happily married (5%) or unhappily married but oppose divorce no matter what (45%), here are some thoughts on the best realistic way to be a step-parent.
Remember, these suggestions are the ideal. In reality it is virtually impossible to adhere to all of the time. It is a constant struggle to watch your new husband or wife raise their children in a different way than you raised yours, or are raising yours, or how you would if you had children.
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“Ten-year-old athletic Matt is mortified by his new, clumsy stepfather, Frank. Matt’s mom arranges numerous activities designed to bring stepfather and son closer together, but Matt is embarrassed and disgusted by each turn of events…The story is light and funny, sending a message about all human relationships.”-Booklist
