Blended families are commonly referred to as step families, and are increasingly common among society today. If you were to create a poll for children in elementary school probably one third of them would respond they have a step parent or that their biological parents don’t reside in the same household. Children who are a part of a step family may resist the other “new” parental figure in their home, this is natural behavior, especially if they have very involved parents. As a product of a step family myself, I must say that I resisted my step father, although not married to my mother, he was referred to as my step father. Teen age years were the worst, I would fight him tooth and nail on anything he said. I …