Posts tagged ‘Step Parents’
What do you do when you don’t like your adult stepchildren
Have you been in the situation? Were you able to overcome your feelings towards them? Related articles Stepfamily Magazine: Learning How to Love My Stepchildren – Stepchildren (stepfamilymagazine.com) Taking charge of out-of-control stepchildren (stepfamilymagazine.com) Stepparents good news you do not have to love your stepchildren. (stepfamilyzone.com.au) Parenting Stepchildren – I do not like the word [...]
Stepfamilies – Coping with the Past
It is important to allow for past experiences as much as possible. For example, children who were exposed to violence in their original family may take a long time to be able to really trust a new step-parent. This has nothing to do with the step-parent, but is a legacy of the past. It is [...]
Stepfamilies Parent Easy Guides–Parenting SA
Building a new family is an exciting but challenging time. It needs a lot of time, energy and hard work. There are many different kinds of stepfamilies and each will have different strengths to build on and difficulties to overcome. You can download the Stepfamily PEG from here. Related articles Stepfamily Problems – Stepfamily (stepfamilymagazine.com) [...]
Stepmothers are not prepared for the role
In her book The Happy Stepmother Dr. Rachelle Katz states: “As you might expect, the reasons for stepfamily problems are complex. One contributing factor is that many of us are just not prepared for this role and have no idea how demanding the job can be.” Some turn a blind eye to the potential problems. [...]
Stepfamily Cycle
Research was done to try to identify predictable stages of development in the stepfamily experience. Called the Stepfamily Cycle, this theory has seven stages. Stage One is the Fantasy Stage, in which parents (step-parents) have positive fantasies about parenting their mate’s children. They expect to love and nurture their stepchildren, or perhaps to help “heal” [...]