88. An Effective Strategy to Prepare Your Kids for the Challenges of Blending

Most of us want to make things easy and fun for our kids. Especially when they've already been through so much in the past.

Now you've fallen in love and are getting ready to blend your family, but you know it might not be as "easy and fun" as you'd like it to be.  You want to help them experience a smooth transition, but you just don't know how.

And that sense of being unsure might be robbing you of the ability to be intentional and proactive in the "blending" process. 

For blended families, a proactive approach helps prepare all the kids to merge households — and create a better outcome for step-child / step-parent relationships.

In this episode, we've got a practical strategy that will make a HUGE difference in blending and bonding.  Plus, we'll share a few tips that will help your family avoid some common mistakes. 

And if you've already been blending for a while but it's not going quite as smoothly as you'd like — it's not too late!  This strategy can help get you back on track.

You'll Discover:

• How to prepare your kids for the blending process while protecting step-relationships
• A practical strategy to clearly identify potential challenges and take action now
• Why it's so important to get on the same page around your parenting goals
• How to stay connected as a couple in parenting decisions

Resources from this Episode:

• Online Workshop:  Stepfamilies That Make It!
• Episode 50:  How to Openly Communicate What You Really Want
• Episode 63:  5 Strategies to Help You Get United — Even When You Disagree
• Episode 18:  How to Help Kids Navigate Transition and Change
• Episode 72:  The Best Way to Create Healthy, Bonded Relationships
• Episode 77:  3 Unique Differences that make a Blended Family Marriage Challenging
• Episode 21:  What is the Stranded Stranger, Trapped Teammate Experience (part 1 of 3)
• CLICK HERE to Schedule Your Free Coaching Call 

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