Family roles, children & blended families: Your own children and stepchildren

Give them a role that suits their age — flower girl, ring bearer, reader, walking a parent down the aisle — and consider family vows or a unity ritual.

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Invite them into a role that suits them, include family vows or a unity ritual, and talk to them beforehand.

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Offer them a meaningful role, include them in vows or a unity ritual, and talk with them (and their other parent) ahead of time about what feels right.

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They can, if they want to. Otherwise, seat them in the front row with a trusted adult and invite them up for family vows or a ritual.

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