Visher and Visher contend that stepfamilies must accomplish two integrative tasks if they are to succeed as a family. One involves maintaining existing parent-child and ex-spouse relationships, but in a new context. The other involves:
a. developing new relationship patterns in order to build trust and achieve a new identity
b. working on establishing stepparent-stepchild bonds
c. establishing clear boundaries between a parent and his or her child
d. none of these
A
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