Hamlet Step Parents

The Relationships Between Children and Step Parents From the first act of the play the delicate relationship between Hamlet and King Claudius is presented. Hamlet speaks freely about his grievance of his dead father and his feelings towards his uncle, who is now his father (Shakespeare 11). His mother marrying his uncle is a difficult relationship for Hamlet to accept and process. It is clearly shown throughout the play that he thinks his mother moved on too quickly and betrayed his father by marrying his brother. Though the fact that he is his uncle plays a vital part to his relationship with King Claudius, it must also be taken into account that he is now his stepfather as well. Without the chaotic uncle-daddy situation, any ordinary relationship

The child might not accept them as their parent or even loathe them entirely. This can be altered by factors such as the age and gender of the child, as well as the type of parent the stepparent is. A relationship study between stepchildren and different types of stepparents, such as disengaged and supportive, showed different levels of adjustment for the child (Crosbie-Burnett & Giles Sims, 1994). To clarify, for example, a disengaged parent lacks communication and involvement with the child so they are less likely to break through the phase where they are strangers and into the phase when they consider each other family. On the other hand a supportive stepparent displays basically what it says, support. They also display little or no control over the child, which may have negative effects on the relationship. This study examined 80 step children 's relationships with stepparents and concluded that disengaged stepparents had the lowest child adjustment whereas supportive stepparents had the highest child adjustment (Crosbie-Burnett & Giles Sims, 1994). It did however discover that just because a parent is supportive does not mean it’s the healthiest relationship for the child. It was shown that a supportive parent tends to be high in support but low in control. Though it won’t necessarily result in this all the time, this type of relationship is prone the child becoming more wild and

Stepchildren tend to have a harder time accepting the stepparent than the stepparent accepting the stepchild. They are not clean slates, they might have memories of their biological parent or other parent figures. This leaves the children in a state where they compare their real parent to their stepparent, and it is likely that they might end up not liking them. For instance, it can be something as elementary as the child’s real dad loving football and hating soccer. If the child 's new parent hates football and loves soccer, the kid may see that as a threat to his real dads character. If he indulges in the sport of soccer with his stepparent, there can be a sense of betrayal on his mind. This doesn’t, however, mean that stepchildren don’t have good relationships with a stepparent. Many times when a stepparent makes an effort to bond, the child reciprocates those actions and can spark the start of the relationship (Ganong, Coleman & Jamison, 2011). On the other hand some stepchildren recognize the efforts but reject them. A third outcome can be the complete distance of the child from the stepparent, they refuse to acknowledge them. It is still not clearly identified why different children respond the way they do towards their stepparents efforts, but there are