My partner and I have been avoiding the conversation about how to handle discipline across our blended family because we both know our approaches are completely different and neither of us wants to undermine the other, but the kids are definitely picking up on the inconsistency. We've created this weird dance where we defer to whoever the biological parent is in the moment, but it's starting to feel like we're parenting in silos instead of as a team.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two adults are discovering that creating unified parenting requires them to examine and potentially change deeply held beliefs about authority, consistency, and what children actually need.
“Where Are You with Blended Families & Stepparenting?”
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