What New Step-people Must Merge

       For long-term harmony, new-stepfamily members must patiently help each other combine and stabilize three or more biofamilies'...

• first and last names and nick-names

• definitions of "family," and who belongs to ours

• extended-family roles, rules, and "ranks"

• financial assets, including insuran-ces

• debts and legal contracts

• personal inner wounds and "unfin-ished business"

• family beliefs, customs, rituals, and traditions

• personal, co-parental, and family ideals, goals and dreams

• communication and problem-solving styles

• individual and family experiences and expectations

• dwellings and physical belongings

• daily, weekend, and seasonal schedules and routines

• privacies and limits (boundaries)

• personal and family priorities, val-ues, morals, and standards

• friends and socializing styles

• family "scripts" - what and who our ancestors decreed we must/will be

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