How to Create Blended Family Rules That Everyone Can Agree On
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How to Create Blended Family Rules That Everyone Can Agree On

ByKori
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When a blended family comes together, it can be difficult at first. But it doesn’t have to always be that way. Here’s how to create blended family rulesthat everyone can agree on. It didn’t take long for Kyle and I to realize what we had together. And by that, I mean that it didn’t take long for either of us to realize that we wanted each other in our lives. What once was individual futures, was now our future together. What was once the rest of my life, quickly became our lifetime together. Point being, we knew what we had from early on in our relationship. And that also meant navigating our combined lives together as a blended family. It meant setting blended family rules and…

Handling Mother’s Day as the Other Mother in a Blended Family

Handling Mother’s Day as the Other Mother in a Blended Family

ByKori
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Kyle is my other half, as cliche as it sounds, it’s true. Though even that phrase isn’t quite how I would describe our relationship because we’re both complete as people; just that we’re so much more together. I didn’t need him to complete my life, no one should ever need someone to feel complete. That’s something that comes from within, or at least that’s how I’ve always viewed it. Rather, I would say that our relationship has brought the balance, stability, challenge, security… It’s brought so much richness and fulfillment. And aren’t I just starting to sound like a Hallmark movie opening? Trust me, that was not my intent since this post has absolutely nothing to do with romance. This is about being a blended…

6 Ways for Step Parents to Connect with Their Step Children

6 Ways for Step Parents to Connect with Their Step Children

ByKori
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While we are not married (yet), we have been a blended family now for almost four years. Does this make me an expert in blended family parenting? Of course not. What it means, from my perspective, is that we’ve gone through the trial and error of making a blended family work. It’s not perfect, but it works for us. There’s always room for improvement but we’ve also come a long way. Here are six easy ways for step parents to connect with their step children in a natural way. For us, it all started with creating blended family rules. We also acknowledged that these rules would change over time. It’s also helped that all of the adults have remained as such and treated each other…