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Blending families is difficult work. Your role in this new family is pivotal, and your impact will be so vital that your importance should never be underestimated. You have actually been awarded a great opportunity to change the course of children’s lives—by the example you lead, the love you offer and the wisdom you possess. You have joined your new family at the exact moment at which they need you.

Some facts may help you to understand what step-parenting is all about. Today’s statistics reveal that as much as 65 percent of all marriages end in divorce, and among those divorced couples more than 50 percent are parents. Among those divorced parents, many if not most will remarry. That means that you are joining an overwhelming number of adults in our society who have chosen to become step-parents.

Signing up for your new journey already offers some insight into who you are, and in this chapter you will be invited to explore this issue more thoroughly in preparation for your new job. From our perspective, a step-parent is not only a parent through marriage, but someone who is not afraid of taking risks.

You are that someone. Being responsible for the day-to-day physical, emotional and spiritual care of someone else’s children takes a lot of guts! It also takes persistence, optimism, focus, and love for your new partner, enough to commit yourself to his or her children. Step-parenting in due time will prove its own reward.