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Article: Give the new partner a chance
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- Work & Family Life
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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If your older relative has met someone and you're trying to get used to the idea, here are a few suggestions.
TRY NOT TO VIEW the new partner as a parent figure. He or she is not displacing your other parent.
LOOK FOR INTERESTS that you and the new partner may share, and do something together that you both enjoy.
TRY NOT TO BE too protective of your parent.
DON'T ENDANGER your children's relationship with a grandparent.
EXPRESS SERIOUS objections or concerns delicately and calmly.
IF YOU'RE STILL having ...