Deal With Step Children During Divorce

Stepchildren very often are overlooked during a divorce. This can be very damaging to them. If you have a strong bond to these children, the pain of separation will be no less than if they were your own children.

Steps

 * 1) Treat them no differently than your own. They may need more love than your biological child since this is their second divorce.
 * 2) If you are trying to protect your children from an abusive spouse, also protect your step children identically.
 * 3) Understand that it's difficult not to be angry during divorce, but you have to succeed for the sake of your children.

Related Tips and Steps

 * How to Stop Your Kids From Using Your Divorce to Their Advantage
 * How to Cope with Divorce As a Child
 * How to Survive a Divorce As a Teenager
 * How to Tell Children You Are Remarrying
 * How to Cope With Parents Splitting Up
 * How to Collect Child Support when Everything else Fails
 * How to Deal With Divorced Parents

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