Blended Families

This week we talked about the challenges that come with divorce and remarriage. It is a really difficult process for many individuals to go through. One of the hardest positions fall on the children. They feel like a go-between in the family. They don't want to hurt the feelings of either parent when it comes to where they want to live, but many parents do get offended anyways. Something interesting is that girls actually handle divorce within the family better than boys do. Part of this might be because usually the children live with the mother, and they don't have that constant male role model anymore. Then comes the complications of blending families, and stepparents who want to be a positive influence in their step-children's lives, but are unsure of the best way to approach it.