In a recent study in the Families in Society Journal, the authors wanted to find out more about step parenting attitudes and expectations.
A stepfamily, blended family, or bonus family, is a family where at least one parent has children A stepmother is the female spouse of someone's father, and not someone's biological mother. Additional challenges that a step- or blended family face are those regarding the paternal parents as well as the inherent bond
Some step dads mean well but have trouble figuring out the puzzle of I often encourage new step families to act as single parent families for the first year.