Comments on: How To Get To Know Your Step Kids http://www.simplemarriage.net/how-to-get-to-know-your-step-kids.html Keep it simple. Make it better. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:01:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Her calling | Daily Generous Husband Tips http://www.simplemarriage.net/how-to-get-to-know-your-step-kids.html#comment-7247 Her calling | Daily Generous Husband Tips Sun, 18 Apr 2010 05:09:56 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=5938#comment-7247 [...] How To Get To Know Your Step Kids: A great guest post on getting to know step kids at Simple Marriage. [...] [...] How To Get To Know Your Step Kids: A great guest post on getting to know step kids at Simple Marriage. [...]

]]> By: PA http://www.simplemarriage.net/how-to-get-to-know-your-step-kids.html#comment-7216 PA Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:41:35 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=5938#comment-7216 I agree with Dale. Step parenting is THE.HARDEST.THING. I've ever done. (and I've raised two girls - alone, working 2 jobs 60+ hours a week). Step parenting is not for the faint of heart. I agree with Dale. Step parenting is THE.HARDEST.THING. I’ve ever done. (and I’ve raised two girls – alone, working 2 jobs 60+ hours a week).
Step parenting is not for the faint of heart.

]]> By: Melissa Gorzelanczyk http://www.simplemarriage.net/how-to-get-to-know-your-step-kids.html#comment-7212 Melissa Gorzelanczyk Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:01:48 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=5938#comment-7212 Good luck with your new journey. That's interesting you say step parenting is harder ... I'm curious why (I don't have bio kids). Definitely I am learning to focus on myself and being the best self I can be ... it ends up rubbing off in all my roles. Welcome to step parenting! Good luck with your new journey. That’s interesting you say step parenting is harder … I’m curious why (I don’t have bio kids).

Definitely I am learning to focus on myself and being the best self I can be … it ends up rubbing off in all my roles. Welcome to step parenting!

]]> By: Melissa Gorzelanczyk http://www.simplemarriage.net/how-to-get-to-know-your-step-kids.html#comment-7211 Melissa Gorzelanczyk Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:59:12 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=5938#comment-7211 Excellent advice. The kids still need to feel valued, but it's true - the best thing a dad can do for his kids is love his wife. Excellent advice. The kids still need to feel valued, but it’s true – the best thing a dad can do for his kids is love his wife.

]]> By: Melissa Gorzelanczyk http://www.simplemarriage.net/how-to-get-to-know-your-step-kids.html#comment-7210 Melissa Gorzelanczyk Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:58:19 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=5938#comment-7210 Hi Beth - Wow, you should be giving ME advice. Your marriage is a testament of what we are all working for here. Thanks for your advice. Hi Beth – Wow, you should be giving ME advice. Your marriage is a testament of what we are all working for here. Thanks for your advice.

]]> By: dale http://www.simplemarriage.net/how-to-get-to-know-your-step-kids.html#comment-7208 dale Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:03:21 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=5938#comment-7208 Excellent post. I have been a father for 8 years, but am a newby step-father by a few months... just last night I drafted a blog post about how parenting is hard, yet step-parenting is harder - but it's so worth it! There are so many little nuances and adjustments that we are all navigating through, so it's great to have a reminder from an outside source that there are good ways to develop those relationships to diminish some of the jockeying for position that we all feel. Thanks! Excellent post. I have been a father for 8 years, but am a newby step-father by a few months… just last night I drafted a blog post about how parenting is hard, yet step-parenting is harder – but it’s so worth it! There are so many little nuances and adjustments that we are all navigating through, so it’s great to have a reminder from an outside source that there are good ways to develop those relationships to diminish some of the jockeying for position that we all feel.

Thanks!

]]> By: PA http://www.simplemarriage.net/how-to-get-to-know-your-step-kids.html#comment-7205 PA Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:33:44 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=5938#comment-7205 The best advice -- make the marriage the priority. The children will (if you've done your job right) leave and then it's just the two of you. Also, the children need to see a successful relationship. Hold hands, hug, laugh, go on date nights and show affection for each other FIRST! Everything and everybody else - second. The best advice — make the marriage the priority. The children will (if you’ve done your job right) leave and then it’s just the two of you. Also, the children need to see a successful relationship. Hold hands, hug, laugh, go on date nights and show affection for each other FIRST! Everything and everybody else – second.

]]> By: Beth LaMie http://www.simplemarriage.net/how-to-get-to-know-your-step-kids.html#comment-7204 Beth LaMie Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:28:38 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=5938#comment-7204 Melissa, Great advice for new step-parents! We've had a blended family with four kids for almost 30 years. While there are still challenges in dealing with the family dynamics, I wouldn't have missed it for the world. Perhaps the best advice I got early on was to not be too pushy in building a relationship with the young adults. They didn't need another Mom, but they appreciated having someone to listen to them when they needed it. Melissa,
Great advice for new step-parents! We’ve had a blended family with four kids for almost 30 years. While there are still challenges in dealing with the family dynamics, I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. Perhaps the best advice I got early on was to not be too pushy in building a relationship with the young adults. They didn’t need another Mom, but they appreciated having someone to listen to them when they needed it.

]]> By: Melissa Gorzelanczyk http://www.simplemarriage.net/how-to-get-to-know-your-step-kids.html#comment-7201 Melissa Gorzelanczyk Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:10:38 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=5938#comment-7201 Hi George - Negative talk, about a bio parent or anything else, doesn't have a place in raising kids. I agree! Hi George – Negative talk, about a bio parent or anything else, doesn’t have a place in raising kids. I agree!

]]> By: Melissa Gorzelanczyk http://www.simplemarriage.net/how-to-get-to-know-your-step-kids.html#comment-7200 Melissa Gorzelanczyk Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:06:23 +0000 http://www.simplemarriage.net/?p=5938#comment-7200 That is an EXCELLENT reminder, Davis. When the kids are acting up, chances are they need some one-on-one time with daddy. It works like a magic charm. And gives step mom a break, too. Win, win. That is an EXCELLENT reminder, Davis. When the kids are acting up, chances are they need some one-on-one time with daddy. It works like a magic charm. And gives step mom a break, too. Win, win.

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