Blended families work ONLY IF both parenting styles are the same.
That's kind of a blanket statement. It's improbable that parenting styles will be the same, even when it isn't a blended family. Like anything else in a relationship, it's something else that needs to be worked through together. What was the point of them mentioning that?
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