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Page 1 of 2 By Jan Wilson Being a Stepparent....often brings a feeling of isolation from the biological parent and child. A stepmother or stepfather must realize that his/her new stepchildren have had special relationships in their single-parent family for years. Parents, on the other hand, have had many years to build relationships with their children. Let's take an example: Ann has been divorced for six years. She has been dating Ron for the last two years. As their relationship became more serious, Ron took on more and more of the "stepfather" duties with Ann's nine-year-old son Johnny. Ron and Ann are getting married in June. Ron worries because he still feels left out of Ann and Johnny's life from time-to-time. He wonders if he will ever "catch-up" with Ann in Johnny's eyes. Probably not. Ron really can't compare Ann and Johnny's six-year single-parent relationship to Ron and Johnny's two years together at the most. It is totally unreasonable to think that a two year old relationship is going to outweigh a parent-child relationship of six years standing, no matter how good the intentions of all parties concerned. |
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