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Category Archives: Step Siblings
What is a sibling?
Exactly what is a sibling. This seems so basic- we always think we know what a brother or sister is . Continue reading
Step Siblings, Blood Siblings- Will it Be a :Summer Family Reuinion or Family Meeting
Did those step siblings who entered your life when Mom divorced Dad and married again, destroy your warm family nest? Continue reading
Posted in adult sibling rivalry, dysfuntional family, extended family, family meeting, Holiday with siblings, Sibling Forgivenss, sibling rivalry, Step Siblings, summer family reunion
Tagged blood brother, Cain and Abel, family meeting, half-siblings, midlife siblings, sibing relationship, sibling rivalry, step-sibling, summer family reunion, Surviving holidays with family
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How to Avoid Sibling Wars With Your Kids- Family Meetings
Family meetings are an excellent tool for letting you listen to both sides of a sibling argument. They provide a safe arena where you can impose rules about each person taking a turn to express his or her viewpoint. Continue reading
Late Life Remarriage=I Am My Own In- Law?
Get ready for the future. In twenty-first century midlife, not only do we frequently get divorced and remarried, but our aging parents do as well. Sometimes shockingly, we may acquire unexpected stepsiblings through a parent’s unforeseen late-life marriage. Continue reading
Modern Family- Great for Gen X Parents In All it’s Extensions
Sharing the burden lifts a bit of the heavy load of parenting in a two-income economy, where Mom’s and Dad’s have two sometimes three jobs to keep a family together. Continue reading
Are Your Blood, Half and Step Siblings in an Endless War ?
If you are Generation X and your parents were divorced- you might point your finger at your baby boomer parents – how they approached marriage and family relationships. Continue reading
Posted in Baby Boomer, brother, dysfuntional family, extended family, Generation X, grandparent, half siblings, Sibling Forgivenss, step grandparent, Step Siblings
Tagged blood siblings, blood-sibling, divorce, divorce. step-mother", parenting, sibing relationship, sibling forgiveness, step-sibling
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PTSD Sibling Post Holiday Therapy Needed?Take This Test.
If the main villain in the family tragedy is a sibling or step sibling – here’s a post holiday quiz to see if you need help. Continue reading
Posted in dysfuntional family, extended family, half siblings, Holiday with siblings, holidays, Sibling Forgivenss, Step Siblings, Uncategorized
Tagged blood brother, Christmas, Cinderella, divorce. step-mother", family rules, half-siblings, Inception, max, midlife siblings, post-holidays, sibing relationship, sibling rivalry, step-sibling, stepsiblings, Surviving holidays with family, ugly step sister, Where the Wild Things Are
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Have Post Holiday Blues About Fractured Family Rules?
Want to make a New Year’s resolution to change the rules that put you through such annual misery? Continue reading
The Weather Outside Is Frightful for Dysfunctional Families
If you’re in a dysfunctional family or suspect you might be – cheer yourself up by watching other people’s pain. Go to the movies . Continue reading
Red Flags for a Sibling “I Hate You” Story Pre- Holiday Daze
Perhaps your brother was pushy or slugged you behind Mom’s back. Maybe you had sisters who got much the new prom dress when you did Goodwill. Divorce may have shattered that family nest like a hurricane leaving you with a dual life of two houses, two beds, two sets of parents, stepsiblings, left you a and a rudderless childhood. Continue reading
Posted in Aging parent, brother, half siblings, Holiday with siblings, holidays, Parent, Step Siblings
Tagged family, family drama, holiday, sibling rivalry, siblings, step, step brother, step sister
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