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	<title>Life in a blended family</title>
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		<title>A first.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week we had a first in our family. My partner&#8217;s daughter who is 21 has her own apartment. She lived with us for a few months and last December moved out on her own. She has been so happy setting up her apartment and being independent. When she lived with us, my children enjoyed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lifeinablendedfamily.com/?p=24</link>
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		<title>Anyone?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m just wondering if anyone else has a similar problem in their blended family. When asking permission to do anything or when clarifying instructions, my children always look to me even if my partner has been the one talking to them. If he asks them to do something that they are not sure they want to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lifeinablendedfamily.com/?p=21</link>
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		<title>Difficult at times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry it&#8217;s been awhile since my last post, things have been a bit hectic around here. So, I&#8217;m just wondering about balance. I feel as the &#8216;mom&#8217; in this family that I have to try to meet everyone&#8217;s needs without offending or leaving anyone out. Sometimes it gets really hard. My partner&#8217;s kids are older [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lifeinablendedfamily.com/?p=19</link>
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		<title>Family Meetings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Does anyone else try and have family meetings with any success? We have tried on a number of occasions and honestly they have not been very successful. I am just wondering if other blended families have tried to instigate this and how it is working. In my family, the kids are very different ages. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lifeinablendedfamily.com/?p=16</link>
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		<title>The Dishwasher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am just wondering if anyone else has the same issue that I do. I seem to be the only person in the house who knows how the load the dishwasher. Everyone else very neatly rinses their dishes and then places them on the counter above the dishwasher. I don&#8217;t get this?!?!  I keep asking how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lifeinablendedfamily.com/?p=14</link>
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		<title>Twilight zone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So one thing I have struggled with is how to parent a young adult when I haven&#8217;t had the opportunity to live through the teenage years. My two aren&#8217;t teens yet but Wayne&#8217;s two are in their 20&#8217;s. Both have lived with us and Chad who is 24 still does. I still find it weird [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lifeinablendedfamily.com/?p=13</link>
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		<title>My family.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I thought I would tell you a little about my family situation. I have 2 children of my own. Katie is almost 12 and Andrew is almost 10. They are the wonderful products of my second&#8230;unsuccessful marriage. For some reason I do not seem to do the ‘marriage’ thing very well. I live with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lifeinablendedfamily.com/?p=12</link>
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		<title>Hello all!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twenty years ago if someone had told me I would be the &#8216;mom&#8217; to a blended family I never would have believed them. But here I am. Most days I love the chaotic, disorganized and busy life of trying to parent my own two children almost 10 and 12 as well as my partner&#8217;s two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lifeinablendedfamily.com/?p=10</link>
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		<title>Hello world!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
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		<link>http://lifeinablendedfamily.com/?p=1</link>
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