tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447821381150475462.post6017728967977179702..comments2024-01-17T14:00:56.120-05:00Comments on Joy Miller & Associates : Blog: Creating A Blended Familyjoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525610107172613562noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447821381150475462.post-38012149344910965832007-07-07T16:32:00.000-05:002007-07-07T16:32:00.000-05:00Interesting that your topic would be "Blended Fami...Interesting that your topic would be "Blended Families." I married a man who had a 4 1/2 year old son. I had never viewed myself as a parent and along came my husband with son as an added bonus! I was very happy to have the opportunity to have my son in my life and I wanted to share so much with him. However, those were not his wishes. Whatever I liked he didn't. His father was a "couch potato", but he began to take an interest in what activities and even joined some teams. Even with his dad's interest in sports building, our son wanted no part of it.<BR/>We believed that people find their own interest in life and along the way they would make friends with coomon interest. The interest were there,friends and friendships did not follow.<BR/>He continued to refer to my husband as: "My Dad"-- impling complete and total owership. I remained a outsider.<BR/>This happened I believe because I was "pushed" into the role of the only displine my son received. I urge others not to make the same mistake. Make the boy's father take control. Or you will end up as "The Wicked Witch" stepmother and your son will wrap his father around his little finger!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com