The main job in any blended family will be to integrate a harmonious connection between members in the new family but in unity with previous relationships and off-springs. There is also the question of previous divorce settlements, sharing of property, business, etc. that new partner should consider in a realistic assessment of the former relations of the spouses. According to Kumar 2017 the increasing numbers of blended families in Western cultures is higher in the US as of a 40% of parents living with a non biological in references from some statistics. Cartwright et al., 2013 states that blended families shows a problematic challenge when trying to unify a new partner, former partner, own children and step children in a new household.
