The challenge for couples who are blending their families is to acknowledge the ways they are different from the unbroken family. Then they can establish a new, but satisfying, form of kinship. This means broken original families, then remarriage involving a blended family with his and her children. Blended family-type arrangements are tough enough when only one partner brings children to the relationship. Add the complications of two sets of children and it can be very tough to almost impossible.
Kinship requires patience and understanding.
It does not come overnight or from wishing for a dream family. Stereotypes, preconceptions, and dreams of the perfect family can lead to disappointment. Kinship requires patience and understanding. It does not come overnight or from wishing for a dream family. The challenge for couples who are blending their families is to acknowledge the ways they are different from the unbroken family.