Blended Families on the rise

 

Blended families and step families are becoming more commonIn a recent article in the Age, they investigate the rise in blended families. According to the article, in Australia one in five families is a blended family or step family. This number is expected to rise as the divorce rates increase as people take on new relationships. With so many different concerns at hand, it can become very difficult to navigate a blended family relationship. Many families are turning to online divorce organizers to help keep everyone on top of important family events and information.From the article, "The increasing rate of family breakdown and re-partnering has put a strain on services for stepfamilies."Hundreds of millions of dollars are going into helping families, hundreds of millions of dollars are going into helping parents make good parenting arrangements when they separate but after that there's a desert," Mr Martin said.
More than half of parents who separate do re-partner, he said, but there was a higher breakdown rate in subsequent families, largely due to a lack of support."

Additionally, "You're battling uphill before you've even started. There are all sorts of assumptions about step-parents. People think they were responsible for the breakup of the family in the first place, which is often not the case.

Step-parents are very rarely acknowledged or thanked. No one has ever called me a yummy stepmummy. There's no stepmother's or stepfather's day.

Many step-parents contributed to their stepchildren's lives, she said."

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