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Blended Families New Roles = New Rules

adminFebruary 02, 2023Leave a Comment

Blended Families - New Roles = New Rules

What happens when you become a blended family? For the adults forming this new family, it seems like the best thing to happen to you.  You have fallen in love again and this new person in your life is hope for a new future, a new family life, and to be a support as you move through parenting.  The changes that you go through are ones that you have chosen and that you look forward to. As you accept the new roles that you have willingly taken on you are open to the new rules that these new roles require.

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Family is the Highest School of Education

adminFebruary 19, 2017Leave a Comment

I read somewhere that “Family is the highest School of Education”

My first thought was that family is where our children learn to be the kind of people that they will become.  It is where they learn the values and morals, and the integrity that will

influence them for the rest of their lives.  Positive or negative, what children learn in the family setting will shape their lives. We, the parents, are the ones that have the responsibility to guide our children in the right directions – through our role modeling, through the boundaries and guidelines we set, and to pass down our spiritual and cultural heritage. (more…)

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Discipline in A Blended Family

adminFebruary 07, 2017Leave a Comment

Discipline was easy in a blended family because here is what you did:

  • You discussed important issues like child discipline before you got married
  • You set up guidelines on what each of you expected so that when issues arose you were able to deal with them
  • You set up clear job descriptions so everyone knew what their role was
  • You discussed each others children calmly
  • You treated every child fairly and without bias
  • You set up boundaries and consequences and always followed through

Of course you did!

Now let’s get real! (more…)

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