The Problem of Children and Blended Families

Carla was an only child when her father died when she was 12 years old and her mother remarried. Her new step-family consisted of three children, two boys and one girl who was the same age as her. The girl was developmentally disabled. When her father was alive it felt to her that she had the attention and support of both of her parents. When her mother remarried, it felt to her like she not only lost her father but the attention, love and support of her mother. All of her mother’s attention…

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