Here are seven tips to help enable healthy interactions and positive self-esteem in your own kids and your stepkids:
• Don’t meddle in the affairs of the other home.
• Maintain a cooperative and flexible attitude with your ex when discussing the kids’ schedules.
• Keep conflict with your ex-spouse away from the ears of your children.
• Encourage your children to be responsible with their belongings.
• As a stepparent, offer grace and understanding to your stepchildren.
• Consider the needs of your children and stepchildren as they transition.
• Commit to a new tomorrow when you fail.
