3RD STEP DATING TELECONFERENCE -
Step Dating with Adult Children in the Background
Our friends at the Step and Blended Family Institute are back again with the third installment in their step dating teleconference series: Step Dating with Adult Children in the Background.
Here, Step and Blended Family Institute Co-Founder Yvonne Kelly answers the question:
WHY A TELECONFERENCE ON STEP DATING WITH ADULT CHILDREN IN THE MIX?
“Many couples who date at a later stage in life when their children are grown, don’t anticipate any issues or resistance, for exactly that reason – because their children are grown and are for the most part busy with their own lives. That is why couples are often very taken aback when their own children or their partner’s adult children don’t accept the new relationship readily or actually have a great deal of difficulty with their parent entering into a new relationship and make their thoughts and feelings on the subject very apparent.”
“Everyone has feelings about this ranging from shock, to disappointment, and from anger to resentment. The concerns of the adult children are unanticipated and misunderstood by the couples and the step dating couples are usually just wanting to get on with their lives and enjoy each other and are not prepared for anyone taking issue with that.
“During our teleconference we will be talking about what everyone can expect and more importantly, what can be done to make this transition as painless as possible and which steps to take to nurture the couple’s relationship while keeping the door open to the adult children who may need time to get used to the new reality. The goal is to cultivate some understanding and also to set some new and realistic expectations about what everyone is going to experience in an adult stepfamily. We hope you can join us.”
The teleconference will be held July 16th from 9-10:30 PM EST. Advance registration is required. Visit the registration page, and you’ll also find a Bonus Gift…
An article entitled: Step Dating and Adult Children: The Happy Couple and the Not-So-Happy Adult Children”.
The Institute is also featuring a related book, STEP WARS – Making Peace in Adult Stepfamilies by Grace Gabe, M.D. and Jean Lipman-Blumen. PH.D.
Related:
Interview with Step and Blended Family Institute Co-Founder, Yvonne Kelly