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High conflict affects how your family blends.

💬 Send us a text! (Yes really!)In a high-conflict step parenting situation, the natural process of blending your family gets set back over and over again with each battle between households.So if you’re blaming yourself for this whole blending thing being a hell of a lot harder than you anticipated, please knock that off right now.Stepfamily experts say that blending a family takes 5 to 7 years on average. But when there’s high conflict, that number jumps up to 10+ years. I know that's a blea...

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01 Aug 2024
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đź’¬ Send us a text! (Yes really!)

In a high-conflict step parenting situation, the natural process of blending your family gets set back over and over again with each battle between households.

So if you’re blaming yourself for this whole blending thing being a hell of a lot harder than you anticipated, please knock that off right now.


Stepfamily experts say that blending a family takes 5 to 7 years on average. But when there’s high conflict, that number jumps up to 10+ years. I know that's a bleak statistic, but I promise I’m actually sharing it to give you hope. Because if you’re anything like me, sitting out there wondering whyyy blending your family feels like such an uphill battle… well, this could be why.


Stepparenting in high conflict is different. It’s harder, more exhausting, and more heartbreaking, and the usual advice does not apply. Which is why I have a more in-depth workshop to help you understand why that is and what you can do to counteract the toxic influence of your partner’s ex: ➡️ High Conflict Stepparenting: Blending Under Pressure 👀


This workshop is free for our paid subscribers on Substack, but you can also sign up for a free trial and watch it that way. Plus, you’ll get access to our private support group and you can ask me & Dan personally for advice on your particular situation if you’d like. We’d love to have you. xo

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In a high-conflict step-parenting situation, the natural process of blending your family gets set back over and over again with each battle between households. So if you're blaming yourself for this whole blending thing being a hell of a lot harder than you anticipated, please knock that off right now. Step-family experts say that blending a family takes 5-7 years on average, but when there's high conflict, that number jumps up to 10 years or more. I know that's a pretty bleak statistic, but I promise I'm actually sharing it to give you hope, because if you're anything like me sitting out there wondering why blending your family feels like such an uphill battle, well, this could be why. Step-parenting in high-conflict is different. It's harder, more exhausting, and more heartbreaking, and the usual advice does not apply. Which is why I have a more in-depth workshop to help you understand why that is, and what you can do to counteract the toxic influence of your partner's ex. I'll link it in the show notes. The workshop is free for our paid subscribers on Substack, but you can also sign up for a free trial and just watch it that way. But if you are a member, you will get access to our private support group. You can ask me and Dan personally for any advice on your particular situation if you'd like, and we would love to have you.