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When new partners clash with your parenting style

I remarried and my new husband wants to discipline my children but I feel like I need to protect them and we fight about it constantly.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Blended families must negotiate competing models of authority while children navigate loyalty conflicts between biological and stepparents.

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