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Blended Family? The 5 Secrets of Effective Stepparenting

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Parenting is never easy, but when you have a blended family with bio-kids and stepkids, your spouses ex, and other extended family members thrown into the mix things can get very difficult very quickly.

We receive questions every week in Empowering Parents from readers who ask: How can I discipline my stepkids effectively and get their respect? No matter what I do, they just wont listen to me.

Carri and Gordon Taylor, nationally recognized experts on creating thriving stepfamilies, have answers that have worked for countless stepparents.

Source: Blended Family? The 5 Secrets of Effective Stepparenting

How to involve your stepfather in your wedding

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Although the oft-quoted statistic that half of all marriages end in divorce is an urban myth, it is a fact that many weddings leave brides and grooms wondering what to do with stepparents.

It can be particularly tricky when a stepfather was primarily responsible for a bride's upbringing and the biological father wants to be part of the wedding ceremony.

Etiquette experts agree that the bride is entitled to honor whichever father she feels closest to and incorporate the other only if it is an important part of her big day.

Source: Ideas for a Stepfather's Role in a Wedding | eHow.com

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