222: What to Expect When You Weren’t Expecting With Jyl Barlow

Enjoying Your Blended Family

222: What to Expect When You Weren’t Expecting With Jyl Barlow

One of my least favorite stepfamily comments is, “Well you knew what you were signing up for.” That’s like telling a new mom or dad, well you knew parenting was going to be hard so I don’t want to hear you complain about it.

In both situations, you do not know what to expect until you are living it out in real-time. Mostly because every situation is so unique just like every child is unique.

Now of course there are some common situations most stepfamilies face and this episode is full of them. I talked to Jyl Barlow from “What to Expect When You Weren’t Expecting”. We discussed unrealistic expectations, chores, unsupportive grandparents, enjoying your time when your kids are gone, and the moments that make it all worth it.

In the episode, we discussed Jyl’s family's favorite activity and she mentioned, Universal Yums. Click the link to check it out with your family.

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