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Three Ways to Create a Strong and Healthy

Stepfamily

We all want and desire strong and healthy relationships , despite our past negative ones . It ’ s a deep need we all have , to feel love and to belong . Today ’ s family is very different from our parents and grandparents ideal of family . The definition of family is no longer just defined as a mother , a father and a child . Our diverse family picture comprises of single parents , adoptive parents , couples with fur babies , same sex couples , couples living together and stepfamilies . Social and community groups who have a common goal or vision , who have a special bond because of an event , see themselves as family as well . We no longer define family by blood relations but by how we see ourselves .

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