
Yes, You’re Blended, and It’s Okay
Sometimes it's hard to recognize reality when it's all you know. I meet lots of people who are part of a blended family or stepfamily, but to them, it's just family. One woman had two stepdads, a stepmom and many stepsibilings, and then married a man who isn't the father of her child, and she never realized she was part of a blended family. Hey, 62% of couples under 55 have a stepparent or stepchild. You may be one of them. It's okay. And, yes, you're part of a blended family.
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Sometimes it's hard to recognize reality when it's all you know. I meet lots of people who are part of a blended family or stepfamily, but to them, it's just family. One woman had two stepdads, a stepmom and many stepsibilings, and then married a man who isn't the father of her child, and she never realized she was part of a blended family. Hey, 62% of couples under 55 have a stepparent or stepchild. You may be one of them. It's okay. And, yes, you're part of a blended family.
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and ...more
Yes, you’re part of a blended family.