At 22:06 24-10-00 -0400, Gary Nunn wrote:
>I have been following the discussions over the last few months, but have
>stayed out of most of them as we have been very busy. My daughter and I
>recently moved in with my fianc� and her two kids in anticipation of getting
>married in about 6 weeks.
Congratulations! :)
>Just after I moved in during the first few weeks
>of September, we discovered that we have a "little surprise" on the way in
>about 8 more months. My fianc� and I are both 36 and we were more than a
>little shocked! But now that the shock has worn off, we are both looking
>forward to our newest member of the family expected to arrive mid May,2001.
Again, congratulations! :)
>As if that was not enough of an adjustment, we discovered the hard way that
>blending my 6 year old daughter in with her 3 year old girl and 8 year old
>boy will not be the "Brady Bunch " that we had naively anticipated! This
>has to be the true definition of World War 3! Oh well, any suggestions on
>how to successfully blend a family would be appreciated.
You could try to do it with tender love and care. You can try reasoning
with the kids. But, should all that fail, there's always...
MILITARY DISCIPLINE.
Really, it works! My brother and his wife have six (!) children (age range
0-17). When their first child was born, my brother was still in the army as
a drill sergeant, so he kind of naturally took his work home. So far,
things have worked out just fine...
Any resistance from the kids against this method should disappear in a few
weeks.
Good luck! :) You're gonna need it... <evil grin>
Jeroen
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