Between 1979 and 1981 divorce rates started going up, in 2019 research was done and discovered that 18% of kids under the age of 18 had experience separation or divorce of their parents. If you have divorced parents, you know the challenges of dealing with it; especially if you get a new family with it. I have divorced parents, I’ve had a couple of new parental figures in my life but around 8 years ago my stepmom came into my life, and she’s been with my dad since. It’s been difficult navigating my feelings towards her, I’ve had a rocky relationship with my dad and her for a while; it got particularly difficult to handle my relationship with them when my stepmom had my younger siblings. I already had so little time with my dad as it was and sometimes to me, it felt like I was losing him completely. Having these kinds of feelings with stepfamilies can get hard to deal with, and finding ways to cope with it can be challenging. Every situation can be different, but overall finding ways to cope/handle these changes can be helpful to learn how to maintain these relationships and feelings. With all that being said, these are a few methods you can use to help your situation…
Portia S.
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