Battle of the Moms in a Blended Family

A stepmother has a particularly difficult role in blended families, the struggle of which few can understand. She is to be nurturing and caring to children whom she did not birth, but is concurrently seen as an intruder who has taken over her husband’s family. She is often stigmatized and portrayed to be a villain, like in many Disney movies. She is expected to mother her stepkids and love them as her own, but also to “know her place” and not be too motherly.

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Jessica is a guest writer for Familylife.com and has been a guest on the Family Life Blended Podcast with best selling author – Ron L. Deal

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