girlfriends‚ that later become a stepparent. In a study evidence shows‚ “For example‚ the percentage of children living in two-parent homes decreased from over 85 percent in 1968 to less than 70 percent in 2003”.(U.S. Bureou of the Cenus). Increasing in popularity was divorce and childrens living with other one biological parent. Children raised by stepparents are proven to not do as well in school as kids raised by both biological parents. Many studies and cases show that stepparents do not treat their stepchildren
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With every factor that keeps a stepfamily distant‚ what causes the closure and allows acceptance for a new individual. There are “seven stages of stepparent development: (1) fantasy; (2) assimilation; (3) awareness; (4) mobilization; (5) action; (6) contact; cand‚ (7) resolution” (Patricia 357). As stepfamily goes through these seven stages‚ they grow closer and start acting like a legitimate family
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Issues Within Remarriage Initial stressing issues are a highly responsible for issues that appear in the future. Many times the biological parent is caught in the middle between the stepparent and her children. Introducing a stepparent can often be very strenuous to the biological parent. Remarriage sometimes involves a re-location to another town. The geographic move can cause stress in the children’s school‚ the child’s peer group‚ and many other places. This move may also make the issue
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blended families often disrespect the authority of stepparents. It can be difficult for children to respect someone who they may not want involved in their lives. There are many reasons that contribute to the disrespect children have towards their stepparents. Kids sometimes feel that step parents try to replace their biological parents. Unfortunately‚ stepparents don’t always
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relationship with the step child. One study shows that avoidance of and quality of conversation has a very big impact on relationships between stepparents and stepchildren. Most of all be very patient with a child. “Avoiding conversations may be predictive of difficulties in solving
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children in the U.S. will be part of a stepfamily before they reach the age of 18. The biological parents have legal rights. The stepparents have no legally recognized right over the stepchildren. If the biological parent‚ who is legally recognized as the non-custodial parent‚ of the child agrees to let the stepparent to legally adopt the child. Then the stepparent can adopt the child and have legally rights to the child. There are seven distinct stages of development of a family. The Early
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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
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five years ago with a divorce rate of 45-50%. Over half of people that divorce remarry after about five years and the new family becomes a blended family. Blended families are defined as “any marriage in which at least one of the spouses becomes a stepparent‚ regardless of the age of the children” (Becnels’ definition). Of course with anything there are pros and cons with blended families which present unique opportunities for family growth. Some of the “cons” of a blended family are jealousy‚ lack
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Step parenting‚ is it for you? With stepfamilies becoming a large part of the population here in the United States and all over the world‚ you would think we would have more understanding on how to be a good stepparent. Knowing what role one will have to play when becoming a stepparent can be very difficult for all parties involved. Raising your own biological children is hard enough; now throw a few stepchildren into the mix and all hell breaks loose. Not literally‚ but some days it can feel
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starting a stepfamily has often come about because of loss such as divorce and death‚ and maybe starting a stepfamily is surrounded by current losses for example‚ children moving to a new home and losing their own bedrooms (Healy 2002‚ p. 24). Stepparents may be faced with many difficulties‚ however there are practical strategies that can be implemented to help stepfamilies come to terms with their challenges and adapt successfully to their new lives. According to Newman (2004‚ p. 4) “A stepfamily
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