by Julee Peterson | Dec 25, 2017 | Approaches, Blended Family Relations, Marriage Matters
Christmas time brings many emotions and with those emotions come different communication styles. In a Blended Family this time of year can seem like a social skill puzzle that needs solving. Reconnecting or trying to make connections for the first time inside your...
by Julee Peterson | Sep 7, 2017 | Approaches, Blended Family Relations, Challenges
Does it matter if you call yourself a Blended family or a stepfamily? If you set your expectations lower will you have a more successful family relationship? Some professionals in the stepfamily world believe this, arguing that using the term blended family sets...
by Julee Peterson | Jun 28, 2017 | Blended Family Relations, Challenges, Parenting
I was going to write about Mother’s day and the discomfort that can come with it when you’re part of a blended family, but then I remembered a unexpected comment someone made to me one Mother’s Day about how I could never love my twin step-sons as I love my own child...
by Julee Peterson | Apr 14, 2017 | Blended Family Relations, Challenges, Parenting
On a recent trip across the country from Cali to Knoxville our flight was inconveniently cancelled (I will avoid Delta at all costs in the future). It occurred to me that being a step-parent in a blended family is much like taking a flight. You take a chance that...
by Julee Peterson | Mar 9, 2017 | Blended Family Relations, Challenges, Marriage Matters
In Blended Families there are many logistical situations which are less about logistics and more about emotion. This creates a multitude of communication problems. Learning to deal with logistics separately from the meanings and emotions underneath logistical...
