Why Is Discipline a Potential Area of Conflict in Stepfamilies

question 64

Multiple Choice

Why is discipline a potential area of conflict in stepfamilies?

• A)stepparents always try to impose their discipline style on their partner's children
• B)stepparents are more likely to be neglectful
• C)stepparents are more likely to be authoritarian
• D)stepparents are not seen as "real" parents because they are not the children's birth parents

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