Blended Family Should Support the bond between Kids and the Other Parents

Being a parent in a blended family can be tough sometimes, making the right choices for everyone should be the top priority of the parents, specially for the step and biological parent. Making a choice in allowing a blended family child spend time with their other parent can be a tough call for most blended family parents. Although this can be the case most of the time, it's best to remember that a child, has the right to spend time and bond with all his or her biological parent unless there are circumstances that prohibits this from happening, specially for safety reasons.

To ensure that the children of the blended family are able to spend quality time with both parents, visitation schedules must be clear with both parties. One of the most common mistake with blended family is not being able to clearly define the visitation rights of the other parent therefore one party assume that the other party is trying to make it difficult to bond with their child. Instilling this connotation can bring greater problems in the future for the whole family, this is why both parents should have a clear definition and agreement on visitation rights.

Once both parties agree, the agreement should be made official and rules should be laid into place. If both parties do not agree in anyway, this should be resolved as quickly as possible. Children should be spared from seeing fights and disagreement. If you are still unable to come up with good solution for the issue, it may be best to have some expert on the topic guide you. The Blended Family Resource Center has all the information on this topic and it also discusses major issues that a step parent may encounter in the blended family set up.