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It’s hard enough to get along with your own family at times. Imagine having a stepfamily. When a parent remarries after a divorce, it can be complicated, especially if the new stepmother or stepfather has kids, too.
The idea of an evil stepmother or mean stepsiblings is so common, a lot of movies have been made about it. Just think of the famous Disney cartoon Cinderella, in which an evil stepmother makes her stepdaughter work as a servant in her house! But when you are able to bond with a stepparent or stepsiblings, having a whole new family can be a lot of fun.
Amy has a stepmother and three stepsiblings. Hear her tell Devan about what it’s like to have a step family.
Dialog
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Amy: Do you have any stepsiblings, Devan?
Devan: I don’t. Do you?
Amy: Yeah, my dad remarried. You know, my parents got divorced and then my dad remarried a few years ago, and so I ended up having this whole other family that I had never had before. And it’s been kinda weird. I have two brothers and a sister now. It’s been interesting kind of trying to integrate the families. But we’re gonna try and spend a couple weeks together, actually, and do a big family vacation.
Devan: So how about you and your stepmother, do you guys get along?
Amy: Yeah, she’s definitely not like an evil stepmother or anything. But I still kinda haven’t gotten used to seeing her with my dad. You know, I guess I still kind of think of my mom as being the woman in his life. So it’s a little weird.
Devan: Yeah. Is that threatening to your own mom? Is she afraid that she’s gonna be replaced by your stepmother or anything like that?
Amy: Maybe if I were younger, she would worry about that. But because I was already an adult when my dad remarried, it’s not really a problem.
Devan: Yeah, I can definitely see how that would be hard to get used to, having a whole brand new family come in. But it’s good to hear that you’re making the effort to make it work.
Amy: Do you think you could ever handle being a stepmother to somebody else’s kids?
Devan: No way. No. Absolutely not.
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Discussion
Amy’s parents divorced and her father remarried. Now she has a stepmother and three stepsiblings.
Although Amy gets along fine with her stepmother and stepsiblings, she says it is strange having these new family members. It is especially weird for her to see her father with a new wife. But she wants to bond with her stepfamily, so she is going to take a vacation with them.
Amy asks Devan if she could handle being stepmother to someone else’s children. Devan thinks there is no way she could do that.
Do you have a stepparent or stepsiblings? Do you think it would be difficult to have a stepfamily? How would you bond with your new family?
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