Blended Together [One Minute Feature]

So, what does it look like to come together, and raise a child? How, as separate families, can we benefit each other?

How Parents and Step-Parents Can Form a Unified Team

I want to give a word to blended families. As the product of a divorced family back in the early 1960s, I found it extremely beneficial to me, and my parents, when my step-parents were given power and authority to exercise love, discipline, power, and authority over me.

Though I never liked having two different families, I never regretted that my biological parents gave my step-parents full authority over me when I was in their custody. I may not have acted as if I appreciated it then, but something deep inside of me was secure, knowing that all four parents had my back.

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