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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Jane
11/6/2023 01:53:12 pm
While I can't relate to this personally, I know many people who have had divorced parents. After reading what you wrote I felt like a walked away with an even better understanding of the topic<3
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11/6/2023 02:04:27 pm
I feel like I can reallly relate to this article having divorced parents myself. I agree with once you are introduced with new family members can be tough at times. I can relate to having an iffy relationship with my dad and my step mom aswell, when she was first introduced. The tips you put at the bottom are very good to keep in mind.
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Laetitia
11/6/2023 02:05:10 pm
As I have divorced parents myself, I can understand your situation very good. For me talking to my parents helped a lot too and luckily my situation had a happy ending. Thank you for sharing your story, it was really interesting to read your blog!
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Brody Teng
11/6/2023 02:07:27 pm
While I cannot personally relate to this I am friends with many people who's parents are divorced. I feel this has given me a deeper understanding of what they are going through.
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Sarah
11/6/2023 02:12:09 pm
Honestly I am so sorry that you have felt that way. The feeling of being replaced is like a terrible gut renching feeling and I truly am sorry for you. I can sort of relate to this but my parents are still together but they hate eachother so much to the point where I jus wished they got a divorce already. I hope you can find ways to cope.
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Merle S
11/6/2023 02:14:48 pm
While I cannot relate to this, I have many friends whose parents are divorced. After reading your blog, I am able now to delve deeper into this topic and now understand a little better what might be going on in my friends heads.
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Merle R
11/6/2023 02:18:04 pm
Personally I can relate very well to your blog, because my parents got divorced 8 years ago. I think in the beginning having conversations with both of them can be very difficult but from my own experiences I can say it gets better. Of course every case is different and for some people it's harder than for others, but thank you for sharing your thoughts.
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