5 Ways to Bond With a Soon-to-Be Stepchild While Wedding Planning
When you?re marrying a person who has children, there are a lot of factors to consider when you begin the monumental task of wedding planning. A major question is whether you can use the time you spend planning to help you and your soon-to-be stepkid(s) bond before the big day. The answer is yes; just check out the five ideas below!
1. Include Them in the Wedding Ceremony Itself
If you are comfortable with it and the children are too, be sure to give them a role in your actual wedding ceremony! Find out in what way they may want to participate and encourage them to do so. Do you have young kids who would want to be flower girls or ring bearers" Or an older kid who might be interested in a junior bridesmaid or usher position" Go ahead and let them! It will go a long way to making them feel like a real part of your marriage from the beginning. These roles also often include planning portions?like trying on bridesmaid dresses?that you can use as an additional bonding activity. Feeling like active participants will not only help you grow your connection with the kids, but it?ll also help assuage potential negative feelings or fears from the children about your nuptials!
If the children aren?t comfortable being in the wedding party, maybe they?d be interested in doing a reading or singing a song as a part of the ceremony. Some families even choose to say vows to their partner as well as additional vows that the entire family participates in. There are lots of options ...
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