Blended Families How do you merge?

It is hard to deal with a blende dfamily. My suggestion is to make sure everyone gets treated equally. No favortisum at all. Otherwise the others kids will know and problems will arise. I suggest sitting all the family members down when a couple has decided on what rules will be follwed. That way the kids are clear and aware that you two are united and what is required out of them.

My father had married my mother with 3 children. Then together they had 2 more children (me & my younger brother). My father adopted my mother's children as if they were his own and gave them his last name. When me and my younger brother were born...we knew no difference. My older sister always got mad at me that I didn't remember to celebrate her adoption date, until I told her "She was always my sister" what's there to celebrate. I believe the key to my parent's blend was that they treated all of us kids the same. No favoritism. My mother allowed my father to be father to all the children the same. To this day...we don't see each other as half sisters and brothers...we're just brothers & sisters.