Communication Issues with Step Parents and Step Siblings

This report focuses on the communication issues that occur between step parents and step siblings in a step family. It discusses the challenges faced by both parties and the impact it has on their relationship. The report also explores the importance of effective communication strategies in resolving conflicts and creating a positive environment.

Communication issues with step parents
and step Siblings

Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
A step family is formed when one partner and other partner make live life together with
children from one of their previous relationships. It is a type of process that formed a new step
family where it becoming challenging experience of both partners. While parents are likely to
remarriage and make a new family with full of joy but the new spouse kind may not be excited.
It will increase the communication gap between them. This report is mainly focused on the
communication issues with step parents and step siblings. It examine the problem occurs
between step parents which directly affects on communication relationship between them.
MAIN BODY
Communication is one of most common challenging aspects in step family where
children’s of each parents become comfortable living together but the children’s, who are
brought into same type of household with limited preparation and expected a lot of family but
sometimes, it will generate problem where children feel uncomfortable and express disagreement
and conflict with another (Cannon, 2019). As with step siblings, it must probably arise the
competition between children in stepfamilies. They are never expected to spend all time together
with step parents but in fact every children require for proper time with their own parents so that
they feel happy and enjoy (Worthington, 2019) .
Sometimes, stepparents may develop the situation that automatically create antagonism
between siblings. Children may feel angry and show disagreement while it will develop
communication issues where they are properly communicate with each other. It is becoming
important part of step parents that involves with children’s and adjusting to various changes.
Young people of different age feel different thought related situation. Sometimes, they may have
an experience with different feelings in their own life such as despair, anger, confusion and hate.
These are natural process and part of life but it will require for step parents to build coordination
between step siblings (Kovacs, Possick & Buchbinder, 2019). They are equally treated so as feel
happier with siblings. It will help for creating an effective environment where they can share
own feeling to parents otherwise it has converted into issues related communication. It is very
important for parents that not to blame children if they causes issues of sad, angry and resentful
instead communicate with properly and understanding own feeling towards situation. On the
other hand, communication issues are creating problem for step family where both parents may

bring hang up and unresolved feeling from their previous relationship that affects on current
situation. Disciplining is a good thing but it also causes of resentment because children feel
frustrated and cannot share their own feeling. In this way, it could be developed unexpected
problem with children’s where partners have conflicting vision of family life (Mikucki, Enyart &
Heisdorf, 2019). Therefore, it takes time for young people and child to adjust according to
change and also moving into the step families. It is not easy for parents to create happy
environment because it is very tough to share a home with people they don’t know properly.
Sometimes, children feel like live in a new neighbourhood. Often, children reaction sibling is not
deliberately bad attitude and behaviour but it is a sign that child not properly coping with
changing environment. In this way, it is needed to understand the behaviour of children because
they needs to be comfortable environment and also assisted to feel love, support and secure.
Being punishment for child behaviour will change and opinion towards the step parent and step
sibling even more increase situation of isolated. It directly affects on the behaviour of children
towards step siblings which causes profound for individuals and pertained to lack of
communication with young people. On the other hand, an effective communication strategies
improve the coordination between the stepsibling and step parent because through
communication they were sharing their own opinion to each other (Rafferty, Hutton & Heller,
2019). Sometimes, it is considered in positive ways to improve step families. As per analysis, it
has found that in Australia, there are large number of step families spend quality time with full of
joy and enjoyment. In this way, it draws the most significant step families and their relationship
with each members but some challenges associated with issues of communication which always
increase complication between step parents and step siblings (Wheeler & Deitz, 2019). By
eliminating the situation of communication issues to accomplish the specific goals that need to
set aside time along with another partner and discuss regarding issues. An effective discussion
always supports to resolve confliction and develop a good environment. In families, values and
rules in each of step siblings same that would useful for coordination. They must share their own
feeling and thoughts related their siblings (Steinbach, 2019). It became easier for step parent to
understand their problem so that they can find the specific solution in proper manner. It is a
central role of communication which facilitating positive interaction between members and also
correlation with the negative step family experiences. A particular of issues pertained lack of

communication which develop the confliction between step parents therefore, it often must take
important decision after discussion with each family members and give equal priorities.
CONCLUSION
In above discussion, it concluded that it is based on the sequential process where one
people again remarriage with another people, who are already previous relationship with
someone else. It is generating the communication issues between step family and step siblings. A
step family is formed when one partner and other partner make live life together with children
from one of their previous relationships. In this report, it has summarized about the
communication issues occurs different factors which are discussed in the documentation. It also
focused on the communication issues with step parents and step siblings. It examine the problem
occurs between step parents which directly effects on communication relationship between them.

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Worthington, A. (2019). A Study of Affectionate Communication and Emotional Closeness
between Full, Half, & Step-Siblings (Doctoral dissertation, California State University,
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