3 Assumptions About Stepmoms — That Don’t Always Ring True
Assumptions will be made.
1. You’re A Homewrecker
Certainly, any woman who becomes a stepmother MUST have had something to do with the breakup of the previous relationship that produced the children she is stepparenting — right?
Not necessarily, no.
A great portion of women who became stepmothers did so long after their stepchildren’s biological parents split up.
There’s a common misconception out there that stepmothers somehow destroy harmonious relationships or marriages and break up families while, in reality, stepmothers are quite often inheriting the scattered pieces of an already broken family dynamic.
Though some stepmoms do step into their role using an illicit affair and have indeed encroached upon a marriage, more often than not a stepmom arrives on the scene in the aftermath of a family that has already broken up.
Unfortunately, these facts don’t always absolve stepmoms from carrying the blame of breaking up a family — even if she clearly didn’t.
It’s normal for a stepmom to bear the brunt of the blame associated with the ending of…
