The children have to get used to living with other children and receiving discipline from a new adult. Prior to marriage, the children are not used to getting in trouble by the new adult in their life because they had not seen them on everyday basis. For example, my stepdad never got on to me until after he married my mom. This was also the same for my mom and my new stepsister. Members of a blended family have to get to know each other and learn how to cope with everyone’s everyday attitude. All these effects----new living arrangements, new rules, and new relationships--- are results of forming a blended family. These three negative effects are tough to adjust to for both the children and adults involved. Because of the increase of blended families in today’s society, it is good to be aware of the negative effects of being a part of a blended family. If more people are aware of the negative effects of blended families, then perhaps blended families would not be as common in the future as they are