Blended Family Podcast

www.blendedfamilypodcast.com melissa@blendedfamilypodcast.com   There are a lot of factors to think about when determining your visitation schedule for your blended family.     You and your partner will already have a divorce agreement set in place that determines your basic schedule or agreement on visitation.  Once you blend families, you will need to decide how to make that work for everyone.     The big question is, should you have all of the kids from both sides share visitation or keep them separate.   First you want to look at how all of the kids get along together.  If they fight excessively and cannot resolve their differences, you may want to keep them separated.  However, you must keep in mind that in order for them to get over their differences, they need an opportunity to get to know each other better.  If step siblings do argue, you must remember that this is just as normal as biological siblings fighting.  The main thing is that you don’t let that come between you and your partner.   Also consi