How to understand expectations in a stepfamily?
November 29, 2021

“Unrealistic expectations are the biggest risk.” Step-Parents usually considered as additional parents rather than substitutes. The maternal parent keeps the child’s key responsibility while the stepparent becomes the helping hand for the whole family. This leads to one of the most common mistakes that new step-parents make: they feel that they are automatically accountable to the child in a parental role. Your wife’s child seemingly already has a close bond…