Dating Someone With Children

by JillM

Found a great article by Joy Huber…Read on!

Dating Someone with Children

When should you meet the kids? Who disciplines them? How much time to do spend together?

Jul 1, 2006

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Are you dating someone who has children from a previous relationship? Are you re-entering dating with your own children from a previous relationship?

If children are part of your family, or part of the family of someone you’re dating, there are unique things to be considered.

First, how soon do you meet the children or introduce someone to your children? How old are the children in question? How long you have been dating? How serious is the relationship?

Most children form attachments quite easily and then are hurt if that new person and the attachment goes away. So a word of caution when deciding to introduce children to someone you’ve been seeing: shield them as long as possible or until you’re quite sure the relationship has a long-term future.

Secondly, something very important many single-parents don’t discuss and need to is who has the authority to discipline the kids and how?

Finally, it’s important to incorporate the children into dates or activities so they feel a part of the group and don’t resent the new mate. It’s also important the adults have some alone time to forge their bond and that they’re not always with the children.

As divorce has become more and more prevalent, there are a lot more single-parents in the dating market. Many things have to be considered in this new dating relationship.

relationships, dating, parenting, single parents, Joy Huber

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