Parents act as a blessing in one’s life, no doubt about this fact! However, if one has to face step parents instead, things get a little difficult and need to be handled in a different manner.
Show willingness to share
It is likely to happen that your step parents have children who would now be living with you, under the same roof. Learn to share life with them, especially if they are younger than you and make this quite a habitual trait of yours. Let them know how they should behave and what all they can discuss and share with you. Discuss various restrictions they need to follow and explain the things they are not allowed to touch. This would give them a clear idea about the way they should share things with you. This will also help you in developing good relationship with your step parents as the way you deal with their children would affect their behavior towards you.
Discuss your feelings
Yes, it is little difficult to share and discuss your feelings with your step parents. However, this is to be done gradually and in a timely fashion. Unless you discuss your opinions, ideas and feelings with your step parents, you won’t be able to understand them completely and neither would they be. This could create a difference of opinions and worsen the relationship, which would never lead to a successful and happy family life. Therefore, discussing every bit of what you feel or think would always prove helpful and bear good results in the end.
Refrain from critisizing
This is definitely very important. The way you treat them would decide their behavior towards you. You need to accept their ways and customs in order to allow them accept yours. Do not criticize their way of doing things differently than what you might do. Rather, if they criticize your behavior or way of doing something, just chill off and explain to them the way you see things around. You need not to change yourself, just let them know yourself and they would learn to accept you more, day by day.
