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We wish we could eliminate the phrase 'baby mama.' Sistahs, you are so much more than that. Your child's destiny depends on you!
Statistics About Families Today
60% of all marriages end in divorce.
About 75% of divorced persons eventually remarry.
About 65% of remarriages involve children from the previous marriage and form blended families.
Over 65% of Americans are now a stepparent, a stepsibling or some other member of a blended family.
Cohabiting couples that have a child together are twice as likely as married couples to break up before their child turns twelve.
In 2012, for the first time the majority of children in America under the age of 2 were children of color. (State of America’s Children 2014)
By the age of 15, 40% of American children will experience the dissolution of a parent’s marriage or cohabiting relationship and more than 8 per cent will experience three or more maternal co-residential relationships. (The Marriage-Go-Round, Andrew J. Cherlin)
No more family drama!
Our children are at stake!
A blended family (often referred to as a stepfamily) is generally described as a family in which one or both parties have a child from a previous (married or unmarried) relationship. However, this description varies depending on whom you ask.
Today’s blended families can assume approximately 70 configurations which is determined by an indefinite list of conditions and circumstances of each person participating in the upbringing of the child, including their living arrangements.
The primary purpose of S.I.S., Inc. is to support, encourage, enlighten and empower women of blended families. However, we are grateful for and honor all of the fathers and men of blended families who have made and continue to make sacrifices for the wellness of their families and the well-being of their children.
“We are tied together in the single garment of destiny, caught in an inescapable network of mutuality. And whatever effects one directly affects all indirectly… I can never be what I ought to be unless you are what you ought to be.”
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Research indicates that it can take 5 to 7 years for a blended family to blend successfully. So we encourage you to…
BE OPEN!
OPTIMISTIC- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13 NKJV)
PRAYERFUL AND PATIENT- Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace that of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7 NKJV)
EMPATHETIC- Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude. (I Peter 3:8 NLT)
NEGOTIABLE- “There is far more at stake here than religion. If you had any idea what this Scripture meant-- ‘I prefer a flexible heart to an inflexible ritual’-- you wouldn’t be nitpicking like this. The Son of Man is no lackey to the Sabbath; he’s in charge.” (Matthew 12:6-8 MSG)