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of you. It’s important to find out what your
stepchild’s hobbies and interests are and to
build from that. You will find this is an easy
way to opening your stepchild’s trust and
warmth to you.

Support and bring out the best of them
Support is a huge factor in any child’s life.
Knowing they have high quality love, support
and guidance in their household will instantly
build up their self-esteem, confidence and
self-worth. Understand what it is that your
stepchild likes to do and encourage them
to do that for the good of the community.
For example, if your stepchild likes to sing,
you should encourage them to sign up to
the local community choir, church choir
or music group. Encouraging children on
their interests not only brings out the best
of them, it will aid their capabilities in the
future. This will whole heartedly bind their
confidence to go for what they want in
life when making sensible life and career
choices. Taking steps like these will create
confident and success-driven adults. When
there’s positive support, there is always a
pathway to success.

GAIN THEIR TRUST
Trust is a vital element in a child and adult’s
life. Trust can bring a strong foundation of
comfortability and openness to love in their
childhood, adolescence and adulthood. It’s
healthy to show examples that reflect to the
child that you are trustworthy as a parent,
friend and role model. It may start off asking
them to share their day with you, no matter
how small the gesture is. Knowing they have
a consistent healthy role model they can
trust will give them a sense of appreciation
towards you. You will be the heart of their
important milestones in their life.

The importance of a parental role model solely
plays a vital highlight into a child’s life. This will
impact their life choices, bound their disposition
and play effect on their personality. Having a
fit father figure in their life will not only build
self-assurance, it will consequently increase
accomplishment in their family household.