Glee Gets Real about American Families
Oh please, we're like, so NOT the Brady Bunch??
Do you watch Glee? Are you obsessed? Even if the answer is no and no, please check out my new article on Psychology Today about Glee and the “blended family” paradigm…
Tags: blended family, divorce, divorce with children, family, Glee, remarriage, stepfamily, stepmonster, stepmother, stepmother advice, stepmother support, wednesday martin
May 4th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
I love Glee and my husband and I had to laugh about this particular plot of the parents dating each other and the kids hating it. Will tune in tonight to see what else might happen. Yes it’s “just” a show but I think you can learn something about our society’s attitudes about all kinds of things including stepfamilies by watching it.
May 5th, 2010 at 8:36 am
I AM in fact obsessed with Glee and I was so interested in that twist about the parents of those two kids getting together. I wonder where that will go, if anywhere. I often think that my lot might frankly be easier if my husband were a widower rather than divorced! But I know kids with a deceased parent can make life very difficult for a stepparent in truth.
It’s funny how long I bought into the “blended” idea. I mean, I think in the back of my mind I still do and it still does feel like a failure that we’re not like a nuclear family. But I think I’m making progress every day with this. I hope my husband is, too! Shaken, stirred, you name it but not blended!