Blended Families
Family Report – Blended Families
Blended families, also known as stepfamilies, are more familiar now than ever. Statistics show that 65% of remarriages include children from previous relationships. When families blend to create stepfamilies, things rarely progress as smoothly as planned. Some children might resist the many changes they have to face, while parents might become frustrated or disappointed when their new family doesn’t function the way they want to or like their previous family did. The three most important things blended families need to do are have appropriate discipline, overcome their difficulties, and spend quality time with each other.
The most common problem in blended families is discipline. In disciplining children, parents should remember the Bible passage Ephesians 4:2 "Be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowances for each other’s faults because of your love." New customs, personalities, and memories are all added to the new household. However, it is still important that a child is the child and an adult is still the adult. …show more content…
Stepparents should remember the Bible passage Isaiah 66:13: "I will comfort as a child is comforted by its mother." Stepparents also need to be understanding about the fact that the children need quality time with their natural parent. This gives the children time to know they are still important and that the stepparent is not trying to come between them and their natural parent. It is also very important to go for an outing as a whole family. Parents can't forget to make time for the two of them without the kids as well. Children do not have enough maturity to understand the dynamics of a new family and how loving it could be; but adults should. Much like when couples adopt a child, they chose to marry into a family with children. Pray a lot for them and with them, nurture them, care for them, and accept them even when they seem to push
Blended families, also known as stepfamilies, are more familiar now than ever. Statistics show that 65% of remarriages include children from previous relationships. When families blend to create stepfamilies, things rarely progress as smoothly as planned. Some children might resist the many changes they have to face, while parents might become frustrated or disappointed when their new family doesn’t function the way they want to or like their previous family did. The three most important things blended families need to do are have appropriate discipline, overcome their difficulties, and spend quality time with each other.
The most common problem in blended families is discipline. In disciplining children, parents should remember the Bible passage Ephesians 4:2 "Be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowances for each other’s faults because of your love." New customs, personalities, and memories are all added to the new household. However, it is still important that a child is the child and an adult is still the adult. …show more content…
Stepparents should remember the Bible passage Isaiah 66:13: "I will comfort as a child is comforted by its mother." Stepparents also need to be understanding about the fact that the children need quality time with their natural parent. This gives the children time to know they are still important and that the stepparent is not trying to come between them and their natural parent. It is also very important to go for an outing as a whole family. Parents can't forget to make time for the two of them without the kids as well. Children do not have enough maturity to understand the dynamics of a new family and how loving it could be; but adults should. Much like when couples adopt a child, they chose to marry into a family with children. Pray a lot for them and with them, nurture them, care for them, and accept them even when they seem to push