Comments on: Who You Callin’ Blended? http://www.notjustthekitchen.com/family-relationships/truth-about-blended-families/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:30:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: rita morgan http://www.notjustthekitchen.com/family-relationships/truth-about-blended-families/comment-page-1/#comment-281 rita morgan Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:43:57 +0000 http://www.notjustthekitchen.com/?p=1351#comment-281 Well said! Thank you for your comment. Well said! Thank you for your comment.

]]> By: Mel Menzies http://www.notjustthekitchen.com/family-relationships/truth-about-blended-families/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Mel Menzies Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:12:16 +0000 http://www.notjustthekitchen.com/?p=1351#comment-280 I couldn't agree more. The expectation that ANY family is always going to be "blended" in a homogeny of the smoothie variety is a fallacy. In my interview on the BBC a week or so ago, the singer Ozzy Osbourne kicked off by saying that sometimes his kids from his first and second marriages get on; sometimes they don't. And that's the point isn't it? Sometimes the kids from a first family get on, sometimes they don't. Sometimes they all "hate" mum; sometimes dad's in the firing line. Relationships, however they're formed, are about putting in the effort and working through the problems. A much healthier attitude to have, I feel. Mel Menzies, author of Stepfamilies I couldn’t agree more. The expectation that ANY family is always going to be “blended” in a homogeny of the smoothie variety is a fallacy. In my interview on the BBC a week or so ago, the singer Ozzy Osbourne kicked off by saying that sometimes his kids from his first and second marriages get on; sometimes they don’t.

And that’s the point isn’t it? Sometimes the kids from a first family get on, sometimes they don’t. Sometimes they all “hate” mum; sometimes dad’s in the firing line. Relationships, however they’re formed, are about putting in the effort and working through the problems. A much healthier attitude to have, I feel.

Mel Menzies, author of Stepfamilies

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