Raising Kids in Blended Families

Morgen and Trisha welcome Lindsey, Morgen’s niece, and Melinda, Trisha’s step-son’s mom, to share their blended family stories. We’re talking ex-sister-in-laws as best friends and ex’s living across the street from one another. Yup, those kinds of blended families. Haha, the ones where people can’t understand how everyone gets along but also gets together for holidays and special occasions. 

As different and unique as their stories are, one thing they are all lucky enough to have had are amicable, uncontested divorces, and separations. That doesn’t take away from each of their struggles with getting remarried and the different people, emotions, feelings, and family dynamics that need to be dealt with and navigated throughout the process. Their situations are rare, and they speak about how grateful they are to fall on this end of the spectrum of divorce and separation, opposed to the ugliness that can come from it. 

Lindsey, Trisha, and  Melinda can all agree that communication is a major key to the amicable blending of families. However, the biggest factor is putting the child or children’s needs ahead of all else and always trying to see the bigger picture when times get rough.

Morgen comes in hot with the questions all outsiders wonder about, like how the mom’s did having to give up a portion of their time and holidays with their children, or how it felt to meet your ex’s significant other for the first time. You could always break the ice by accidentally friending your significant other’s ex on Facebook as Trisha did with Melinda. Whoops! 

Thanks for listening in and please share your stories with us, we love hearing from you. Until next time... ciao!