Family relationships can be complicated for many reasons, often even more so when it’s a stepfamily; becoming a part of a newly formed clan comes with a certain set of challenges.
Redditor ‘OppositePumpkin2750’ recentlyopened upabout the challenges she faced trying to create a relationship with her stepdaughter. The teenage girl seemingly wanted nothing to do with her dad’s wife and showed her no respect—that is, until she learned that her stepmom was going on a beach trip.
Stepfamily relationships can be quite difficult to navigate
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This woman tried creating a relationship with her stepdaughter, but the latter wanted nothing to do with her
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Forming an amicable stepparent-stepchild relationship might be challenging
Typically referring to families consisting of a child or children, a parent and their new spouse, stepfamilies—like regular families, for that matter—each have a unique dynamic. While some are more than capable of fostering loving relationships between all members, others find it difficult to coexist in peace.
The second and third factors affecting stepfamily relationships are based on the mixed feelings the child might feel towards the new addition to thefamily, as well as their own parent. They might consider the parent’s new partner a threat or competition in regards to the biological parent’s attention or feel worried over taking sides between the new person and other family members.
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As a growing number of marriages end in divorce, many people find themselves living in stepfamilies
Nowadays, quite a few families go through structural changes at one point or another. According toPew Research Center, roughly 15% of children in the US live with parents in a remarriage, as two-parent households are reportedly on the decline and such scenarios as divorce, remarriage and cohabitation seem to be on the rise.
Some people believed that it’s not only about the stepdaughter, but the husband, too
The OP provided an update on how things developed
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