Blended Families Share Many Truths

1. Blended Families are complex, fragile families
2. Blended Families might start out feeling like a group of roommates uncertain if they even want to be friends, let alone family
3. God loves Blended Families and places great worth on you
4. Blended Families are fully able to impart wholesome family values

Author and speaker, Maxine Marsolini, knows from over thirty years of experience that blended families aren't always easy to live in. She also knows that with the right tools, such as those found in her books—Raising Children in Blended Families, Blended Families and the Blended Families Workbook—these families can move toward harmony with one another.

Do you want a happy ending?The outcome will depend on the choices you make today.

We are different than a nuclear biological family unit. Begin to increase your understanding of life within a blended family. Have you considered...

1. Boys and girls can get swept up in a sudden whirlwind of anger, grief, newfound fears, competition, and detachment disorders.
2. Blended children are at much greater risk of being left behind both scholastically and emotionally than are children from intact families.
3. When disagreements come (and they will), a parent often chooses sides with their own biological child before listening objectively to their stepchild's, or spouse's, point of view.
4. One parent might alienate their child from the other birth parent.
5. Newlyweds have different parenting styles.
6. The new family might show signs of additional conflict not just at home, but between homes.
7. There is baggage from the past.
8. Emotions and daily routines are much more complicated.
9. It will take three to five years of wise choices to develop a strong family balance.
10. Sixty percent of second marriages don't hang in there long enough to get the job done.