Human Growth and Development / Unit 14 HGD 1978 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Blended Families
Captions available
The idea
Blended-family outcomes vary with children's ages, stepparent investment, couple satisfaction and time since divorce, and Papernow describes five challenges they face.
In practice
Insider and outsider positions, children's losses, parenting disagreements, building a new family culture, and integrating former spouses.
Where people slip
Time and normalizing the challenges ease them, in Papernow's account.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
Something wrong in this lesson? Flag it · Sources for Human Growth and Development