High conflict affects how your family blends.

💬 Send us a text! (Yes really!)In a high-conflict step parenting situation, the natural process of blending your family gets set back over and over again with each battle between households.So if you’re blaming yourself for this whole blending thing being a hell of a lot harder than you anticipated, please knock that off right now.Stepfamily experts say that blending a family takes 5 to 7 years on average. But when there’s high conflict, that number jumps up to 10+ years. I know that's a bleak statistic, but I promise I’m actually sharing it to give you hope. Because if you’re anything like me, sitting out there wondering whyyy blending your family feels like such an uphill battle… well, this could be why.Stepparenting in high conflict is different. It’s harder, more exhausting, and more heartbreaking, and the usual advice does not apply. Which is why I have a more in-depth workshop to help you understand why that is and what you can do to counteract the toxic influence of your partner’s ex: ➡️ High Conflict Stepparenting: Blending Under Pressure 👀This workshop is free for our paid subscribers on Substack, but you can also sign up for a free trial and watch it that way. Plus, you’ll get access to our private support group and you can ask me & Dan personally for advice on your particular situation if you’d like. We’d love to have you. xo➡️ JOIN THE COMMUNITY! 🤩-- 🧡 Need a bigger pep talk? Start here or join us over on Substack! xo This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com