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How to introduce your teenager to a new partner
Introducing 5-year old to new partner...
Too soon? Kids will be confused, jealous, angry or sad.
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Nine-year-old Tina (not her real name) confides that her dad has a new girlfriend, Lucy, and that she came over for dinner last night.
“Lucy sat in my chair, I’m always next to Daddy, and he didn’t tell her it was my seat.” Tina sobs as she relates this to me.
Jenny, who’s 14, tells me that meeting Mom’s new boyfriend was “annoying.” “He tries too hard to be funny, and watching them snuggle on the couch was gross,” she says.
Jon, 16, says he retreated to his room and blasted the music his dad hates when his dad calls him out to meet the new girlfriend.
“No way am I ready for that,” he says angrily.
Child psychology introducing a new partner pdfHe refuses to leave his room.
After a divorce, it is normal to want to date, explore new relationships or find a new love. You might want to show yourself that you’re still attractive or worthy of loving attention. You may think you are ready to “move on.”
The problem is that your children generally aren’t ready to move on, nor are they ready for you to reconstruct the family
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