Making step-parenting work for all members of the family | 60 Minutes Australia

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REWIND BACK TO 2009: Meet the step-parents and their step families. Welcome to the turmoil that can happen after the divorce, when two families become one. Back in the 70s, in the days of the Brady Bunch on TV, they were a novelty. A laugh a minute. These days, they're much more common. One in five Australian children now lives in a step-family. And the laughs can be few and far between. It's no picnic. In fact, while many do manage to make a go of it, the majority fail. Karl Stefanovic reports on the highs and the lows, why it's not always one big happy family.
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@shellymichael 11 месяцев назад

I have the most amazing step kids. So blessed to be in there lives❤

@jolo3118 11 месяцев назад

Darn it! Now im gonna be singing the Brady Bunch theme for at least the next 3 days! Lol

@marih3286 11 месяцев назад

My stepchildren and I were friends. They had a Mother and I always respected that and consulted her on important matters relating to them. We're now both divorced from the childrens father but we're still friends!

@viggycat8592 11 месяцев назад

You little weenie, you owe me five bucks! 😂😂😂😂

@marz9676 11 месяцев назад

It's not difficult if you are sensitive to needs and feelings and have self-control. Live by the Golden Rule. Steps give care. Parents discipline. Keep it separate. It's a different dynamic.

@RobSweigard 11 месяцев назад

Step parenting can be challenging, but so is life, .... even on a good day. As mentioned in this video being a friend is probably the best thing you can do. Leading by example is the best way to implement your personal ideas/beliefs. My late wife used to say the biggest problem on the planet is "poor parenting". She left a hole that is massive. However no one in this family can say they never felt Love from her. She truly was the "big heart" of the home. Every person on the planet needs ♥ and lots of it when they are growing up. God can help because God is Love. Share the Love (kindness, tenderness, gentleness) those that are brought into your life are looking for it, and it will come back to you. You reap what you sow! ☺♥†♪♫ 8-7-2023

@calicatus7556 11 месяцев назад

My two cents- The 1st couple: Had 2 extra kids that were totally unnecessary to prove their love or to unite them; young kids only add to the conflict and alienate the older kids form their parents because they are soooo needy. Young kids add to the chaos, plus the mom has given up on keeping order in the house and the outside mess reflects the status of the family's relationship, she frowns often and seems to be picking on her oldest son. The 2nd couple: No small kids to distract them from this new family dynamic, home organized and clean, parents say they "work hard to keep order" and they have a calendar to prove it, mom and dad make their teen kids a priority, again, no babies to disrupt it all, lots of smiles and laughter. Good luck to everyone!

@emvac181 5 месяцев назад

😂

@5thdimensionliving727 11 месяцев назад

I hope that love is enough because it seems like a huge upheaval for everyone..with so many step families breaking up, more training is needed for parents before they blend their families together..seems like a lot of energy is used to get the kids on side..maybe other options need to be considered such as living apart together (LAT)..wish everyone the best of luck 😮

@queenofthebutterflies5212 11 месяцев назад

@DonnellOkafor0304 Why? I loved being with a father of 4. I love children and was prepared to be in it for the long haul, ie. chip away at the relationship with each child gradually. Eventually things didn't work out with us. I'm a city girl, he's a country guy, but his children weren't a deterrent to me. I was a pretty, young, single girl with no kids. Now I have one child and would happily get involved with a man with more kids. The more love the merrier, imho. I don't get the hang up.

@idjilju2835 9 месяцев назад

I would love to see an update on the first family something tells me they didn’t make it

@emvac181 5 месяцев назад

I’ll bet you $5 they did 😜😂

@charlesjames1464 11 месяцев назад

Now, why would this couple bring two more kids into the mix ?😮 my guess is, the only thought that went into the decision, is ,"We have to have A child TOGETHER"

@prickleecactus23 11 месяцев назад

And two, no less! 😵 Fancy if they broke up, then there would be 6 co-parents

@prickleecactus23 11 месяцев назад

@DonnellOkafor0304 BC he's not a single father too 🙄

@emvac181 5 месяцев назад

Well we need an update so see if it was a good decision 😂

@teuilawilliams 11 месяцев назад

No family is perfect,always depend on how us adults parents treat the children,step or piologycal children they're all the same,you make a decision to be together nor the children,met a real human a loving father with his son and I had a twin girls,now all grown up doing fantastic in their lives succeed more than we expected,then we have our more two beautiful kids together,treat them the same brought them up in a loving steady home Thank God that we never gave up seeing our kids now makes us more proud parents ever,love them like no other is the best you can becoz they always remember that ❤️ 💙 😊

@nievesarriola3713 11 месяцев назад

Carl Stephonovic, looking like the Prince in the Cinderella story books! If he could just loose a little weight, he would return to the knight in shining armour.

@jenrich111 11 месяцев назад

That presenter/narrator is hella young here - must be 20yrs ago

@beccac6451 11 месяцев назад

I was married for 13 yrs and we both brought kids to the marriage. Sadly I was better to his kids than he was mine so that marriage ended. I was closer to his kids than he was. They still came to visit me after we divorced. But never visited their dad. But then again I did everything with them. I am remarried and again my husband brought 2 kids and I have 2 so together we have 4 and we love each others kids as though they were ours together. We don't have together kids and now all our kids are adults. But his kids do call me mom. I am especially close with his daughter. Nothing worth having is easy. And if you want it to work bad enough then you do what you can to make it work.

@geneziogenezio7579 11 месяцев назад

😮My Goodness I Couldn't Handle That It's Too Much Insanity 😅Better Not To Blend😅

@NineNineOne 11 месяцев назад

Can’t think of a worse kinda hell. Kids are monsters even when they’re your own - let alone when they’re second hand/someone else’s. Cannot fathom a good enough reason to hook up with someone who has kids.

@ShwetaRamkumar 11 месяцев назад

@NineNineOne the good thing in both these scenarios is that both couples had children of their own with other partners which makes sense despite it being hard, the one where there's a massive power imbalance lack of rights respect and the inundated drama is when one of the partners doesn;t have kids and the other one does, I'm a childfree woman who doesn't ever want kids and will NEVER date a parent (dont have to anymore since I'm engaged to a childfree man) some of my childfree girlfriends are stuck with spouses and stepkids and they've all collectively said they wish they knew what they were getting themselves into

@jomama5186 11 месяцев назад

There has to be a conversation about mutual respect. And the new parent coming in needs to love that kid regardless of how she feels about anything that has to do is anything else. All a kid needs is a good support system lots of love good food Exposure to as much of the world as you can offer them And should be taught to have an open mind and be willing to hear Opinions others and their own and learn as much as they can from everything.

@lynneshapiro4179 11 месяцев назад

One of the teen boys is just trouble would be in any family, to hit a cricket ball to strike anyone needs some kind of attention. He is not necessarily typical to project out to all step-families.

@marih3286 11 месяцев назад

That's what I thought as well. That boy has some psychological issues which are not entirely a result of being in a superfamily.

@blakenehring5805 11 месяцев назад

did anyone miss the part where he called the stepdaughter fat

@mandyellis876 11 месяцев назад

I’ve 2 step sisters I’ve never even met. I’d pass them in the street and not know them!

@auracruz6211 11 месяцев назад

Why is it that we were not allowed to leave comments when it was not even allowed before..? If you put your videos out there you have to expect comments and replies. No sight loves a 👎 .?🤔

@ladymonacoofthebluepacific2571 11 месяцев назад

They're allowing comments now LOL 😂

@prickleecactus23 11 месяцев назад

Ugh better to be a single parent than this. Who wants to raise other people's kids & have to pretend to like them equally to your own, whilst they resent you for not being their real parent? 🤢🤮

@ShakeJands-li4mg 11 месяцев назад

Dont do it men, ITS A TRAP!!!!

@ashleelarsen5002 11 месяцев назад

Instant family

@RandomVids519 11 месяцев назад

Make your own kids or stay away from ones with them that fkn easy😅

@queenofthebutterflies5212 11 месяцев назад

Don't do it ladies. It's a TRAP!

@ShakeJands-li4mg 11 месяцев назад

@@queenofthebutterflies5212 yes ladies, because men are known to trap women with babies😒😒😒😏

@ShakeJands-li4mg 11 месяцев назад

@@queenofthebutterflies5212 also, child support & alimony...

@dianehess5520 11 месяцев назад

Work it out before you get married!

@Yarn_368 11 месяцев назад

They aint parents, they are your parents partners and its clearly unreliable hence the first divorce, so may as well stick to facts. You get one mother, one father

@williamgodfrey2534 11 месяцев назад

I went through 2 marriages of her having kids and I having kids. From my experience, woman cannot love other children as much as they love their own. They show a lot of favoritism to their kids and it just doesn't work!!!

@prickleecactus23 11 месяцев назад

And I'm assuming you don't love her kids as much as your own? Cuts both ways 🙄