I love being a blended family. I've learnt unconditional love at its highest. I've learnt that water is purer than blood. I've learnt that a man can be a sperm donor, but a father is the one who loves and provides, just like my Boaz loves and provides for all my children. Last weekend, we … Continue reading Blended Family Series: Psycho Ex-husband Keeps Stalking Me
I've done a number of articles on Blended Families. Recently one of my Facebook followers asked me why my children do not call my husband Daddy after I had posted some pictures on Father's Day. On Father's Day, Nino blessed the children with ten pounds notes each to buy themselves treats, and after a while, … Continue reading Blended Family Series: Why My Children Call My Husband By His First Name
Some time last year, I did a blended Families Series but never got to talk about one of the most challenging aspects of a blended family. Discipline. Allowing a stepfather to discipline the children is something I found to be challenging in a blended family dynamic, especially at the beginning of my relationship with Nino. … Continue reading Blended Families; The Best Day Of My Life Was When My Dad Came To Live With Us
In the first series of Blended Families last month, I wrote about introducing Boaz to the children and I was touched by the responses I got from women in blended families. On this second series of blended families, and since I have just had a new baby, I thought the perfect topic would be: Introducing … Continue reading Blended Families Series 2: Introducing New Siblings
Blended families are currently the fastest growing family form in the UK. Statistics say about 1 in every 5 families consists of a blended family. I believe it’s much more than that, considering 1 in every 2 marriages end in divorce and after that a lot of people choose not to officially marry but just … Continue reading Blended Families Series 1: Introducing Boaz To The Children
