Step parenting – guidelines for happiness in a blended family
Parenting is hard, but life in blended families brings even more problematic issues all family members must face. The greatest challenges of step parenting are usually related to the issue of disciplining kids. Step parents often describe their experience as “a lot of responsibilities but none of authority”. In the beginning, life in a blended family can […]
Children of divorced parents – negative effects of divorce on kids
Around 50% of all marriages in the United States end up in divorce. Many of those divorcing couples are parents and children are especially vulnerable to the negative effects of divorce. In order to help parents realize how important helping children cope with divorce is, here are a few facts about how deeply divorce influences a child’s development. For children […]