Monday, June 13, 2011

Acknowledge your new step-children’s feelings


Providing your stepchildren with reassurance that you care about how they feel and will help them adjust to communicating with you as the new parent figure in their life.

Use this moment as an opportunity to bond and inspire trust by showing that you understand. As parents or stepparents, we may not be able to fix their problems or change their mood from happy to sad, but it is important for us to acknowledge their feelings. Who wouldn’t mind hearing a few kind words in support of their feelings?

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