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Typical stepfamilies are just like average intact biofamilies, in that they are adults and kids living and growing together, sharing con-cerns about work and school, health, pets, bills, chores, church, friends, etc. Paradoxically, step-families also differ from biofamilies in structure, adjustment tasks, and development stages in up to 70 ways! Collectively, these differences usually cause average co-parents, kids, and kin stressful role and relationship problems, for years. They often render "common sense" biofamily operating rules ineffec-tive or even harmful to stepfamily roles, relation-ships and bonding. Adult aware-ness is the key! |
Stepfamily Realities