Blended Family Tips
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If you are expecting marital success, then this article about blended family tips AND some consistent planning are necessary:
- Set up open lines of communication for all family members
- Plan and practice verbal and non-verbal love affirmations of love – Actually say the words “I love you” and mean them
- Plan and reward good behavior with positive reinforcement – this applies to your children and to your spouse
- Establish clear house rules – everyone should be aware of what the house rules are and that they will be consistently enforced
- Organize a few hours a week of “whole family” time to bring everyone together to build family memories. Do this as early on as is possible.
Remember to:
- Be realistic
- Be patient AND
- Limit your expectations
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Click here to find some great information and to answer the question, What is a blended family? by family help
One more good information article I found while researching, Creating a Happy Blended Family by suite 101.
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December 26th, 2010 at 1:53 am
I was just chatting with my coworker about this the other day at dinner . Don’t know how we landed on the subject actually, they brought it up, but making a blended family work easily is VERY hard to do. Thanks!