Stepparrents

In most fiction film/books step parenting is bad. Films tend to depict that stepparents are always mean or cruel in one way or another. But there are the occasional films that show the other side of stepparents. An good example of one is the movie "Stepmom". In this movie, at first, the stepchildren will not accept Isabel as their new mother and fight with her the whole way. But later in the movie they warm up to her and discover how great it can be to have a step mom.

I have never had to experience the unfortunate loss of one or both of my parent through death or divorce. Although I have had Friends with stepparents. In my outside view of the experience a stepparent can be awesome and fill the gap of not having a real parent there.

Although step parenting can be fun, it does have its problems. Depending on when a stepparent is introduced into a child's life, there maybe more problems. Children have much difficulty adjusting to a new parent in the household. Younger children though tend to have an easier time accepting the change and moving on in life. Most likely the hardest age group to approve of this intrusion are, of course, teens.

Step parenting does have its perks though. It is a way enter into some one's life and directly affect it. Although it maybe difficult to deal with at first be a stepparent can be great. And if your good at it can greatly improve your statues in marriage.