Why would mature, independent, married adult children have a negative reaction to their parent’s happy remarriage?” Experts believe of a traditional expectation that the marriage will be long and happy and the newly created blended family will share in the couple’s obvious warmth and contentedness.
In the book, Step Wars: Overcoming the Perils and Making Peace in Adult Stepfamilies, Grace Gabe, M.D. and Jean Lipman-Blumen, Ph.D. explain that much of the pain in adult stepfamilies is due to excessively high expectations on the part of the older couple and with personal anecdotes and professional insight.
My SS12 moved in a month ago and I am not coping AT ALL! I have 1yr and 5yr old boys and was living a peaceful, happy existance until then. I have known him since he was 6 and I wanted him to move in with us so he could get a better …
Fathering Adventures “It is the calling of great men, not so much to preach new truths, as to rescue from oblivion those old truths which is our wisdom to remember and our weakness to forget.” Sydney Smith 1771-1845 Real fathering, …
