A delicate step dance

Stepparents need to know when to lead, when to follow

By DENISE MORRISON YEARIAN

06/26/2006

Life for Zenobia and Malcolm Chisholm can be hectic. When the Dover couple married six years ago, they blended her three children with his five -- then added four more to the mix.

While this may sound like a local version of the Hollywood classic "Yours, Mine and Ours," the reality is that all blended families, big and small, must come to terms with the issue of stepparenting and discipline.