Give your permission.
Sometimes, children may feel guilty while at their stepfamily’s home. There could be a sense of leaving their biological parent behind, or betraying them to some degree. As a parent, it’s important to reassure your children that it’s OK to have a fun time at their other family’s home – in fact, you should encourage them to do so.
Spend alone time with your children.
Yes, family time is important as a blended family, but children also want to spend alone time with their solo biological parent, too. So, instead of doing a traditional activity together with stepmom, dad should fly solo and spend that much-needed one-on-one time with his children without stepmom. She can rejoin them later for a stepfamily activity.