The Circle of Life -- The Zodiac Signs and the New Moon's Journey
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by Nily GlaserKids do not need things to know they are loved and wanted.
Kids need a stable nurturing home where both parents work together as a parenting team and support each other's decisions especially regarding home rules, traditions and rituals.
The main issue for your family is to have both of you establish your household rules, traditions and rituals.
Do so together and in agreement and include the kids, especially older kids in forming them.
Have a family meeting or a kitchen table discussion about what members of the family would like to do on a regular basis.
You might be surprised what ideas come up.
If reasonable, try these suggestions. Allowing kids to contribute will make it easier to enforce these household rules, traditions and rituals without the danger of being seen by the kids as demanding, tough or unreasonable.
Don't let your rules, traditions and rituals waiver, stand together and support each other in implementing them. However, remember that as children get older and situations change, rituals and traditions may need to be adjusted.
When actual discipline is needed it should first come from the child's own parent and not from the stepparent though the stepparent needs to back up their spouse, thus establishing for the children a parental and family cohesiveness.
Your children need to see and experience the strength of your marital relationship, your commitment to each other and to them, and the strength and stability of your family. They need to regain the security of being loved and wanted.
Security they lost when their biological parents divorced or in a case of a parent's death when that parent "left them".
When you re-marry you have high hopes and often see everything through rose-colored glasses.
The truth is that your second marriage especially when either one or both of you have children, is much more challenging than the first.
As a new family, you go through phases.
At first, you will experience "the honeymoon phase". This is when everyone is on their best behavior, excited, happy, giddy, maybe even showing off for one another.
Then comes the second phase, the "honeymoon is over phase". This is when reality sets in and members of the blended family begin to realize that they don't like something about this one or are jealous of that one or are uncomfortable with... and on and on.
Be prepared for the "honeymoon is over" phase and expect hurt feelings, acting out behaviors, tears, and anger.
Nily Glaser is the founder of A-wedding Day, a very popular Wedding Resource and Information Center, and a Discount Shopping Mall for wedding gifts, supplies and bridal accessories. She is also the publisher of the free A-wedding Day newsletter.
Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he's supposed to be doing at the moment.
~ Robert Benchley ~
Born September 15, 1889
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