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Scenario

When stepchildren refuse to accept you as family

My stepson calls me by my first name after eight years and his father says I should not take it personally but it breaks my heart every time.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Blended families often struggle with competing definitions of belonging, leaving stepparents in emotional limbo between intimacy and distance.

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