Living in a family is hard. Siblings can get on nerves, or parents just don’t understand what is being said. But being in that family can be even more difficult if you haven’t grown up with half of them.
According to Stepfamily.org, a website focused on the foundations of stepfamilies, 1,300 stepfamilies are forming each day; 50 percent of families are remarried or re-coupled; the average marriage in the U.S. lasts only seven years; and one out of two marriages ends in divorce.
Tessa Wade, a junior studying business management, has started a business called Family Fortitude to help families in these major life changes. She has a personal stake in wanting these families to succeed because hers is one of those 1,300 daily stepfamilies.