Dating someone older with kids
30-Nov-2019 00:12
Early dates with your new love should be breakfasts or lunches when the kids are in school, or evening dates where the children have already been taken to a friend's house or the babysitter's before you arrive.If you haven't spent that much time around children and young adults, you've got a lot of homework ahead of you.Whether they decide you're the coolest dude on the planet or punctuate every exchange with "You're not my real dad" depends on your confidence in yourself and your readiness for parenthood.Depending on the age and maturity of the child, the upheaval created by Mom and Dad no longer living under the same roof doesn't need to be complicated by premature exposure to a succession of prospective replacements.
Respect for existing boundaries further extends to any indulgences on your part such as gifts, money, treats or promises of trips to Disneyland.
You can read more on this subject at Co-Parenting 101.