Kate Ferdinand doesn’t always feel like a part of her blended families
Kate Ferdinand shares some insight about her family life. It is clear that she feels at times like an “outsider”, even though she is part of a blended family.
Rio Ferdinand, 44 is the 31-year old’s wife and stepmother. She is also the mother to Tate, Lorenz, 15 and Tia, 11. Cree is the one-year-old child of the couple.
Rebecca, the first wife of an ex-england captain, died in 2015 at age 34 after a fight with cancer. breast cancer Ferdinand frequently spoke out about the challenges she faced in navigating her step-parenthood journey.
The podcast’s most recent episode features: BlendedFerdinand, who is trying to raise awareness and offer support to blended families, says that she sometimes feels “over-emotional” about certain issues and doesn’t feel like a member of the family.
She admits that she has been completely embraced by her stepfamily.
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Alex Willumsen and her confessed during a conversation about the time it takes for a blended parent to be “formed”.
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Ferdinand stated that “they say four to seven year and I’m at about the five-year mark and I feel good, I feel a lot better then where I was at beginning.”
“I feel still…no one makes me feel this way by the way. This is me and I… that sometimes I’m not part of the family.
“I get emotional sometimes about certain things, and triggers me because it makes my feel like an outsider.
“I don’t feel that way because of any family members. They are warm and welcoming. I am so emotional about this.
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Ferdinand continued to explain that some aspects of being stepparent are hard. She explained that although it is not all difficult, some aspects are just as amazing as being a biological parent.
Ferdinand discusses the concept of “childless mother” with Ferdinand. This is Ferdinand’s description of Ferdinand when she met her stepchildren. “Not that having children is the hardest route, but having children or not, I find that particularly hard.”
The ex-reality TV star was often quoted. spoken openly about her experiences The emotions and bonds that come with being part of a blended household.
Most recently she revealed that in caring for her husband’s children, who were grieving the lost of their mother, she was reminded that she is “strong” and could “actually handle a lot.”
In turn, her new family embraced her, giving her the “love that I needed when I was young”.
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“I’ve got this family that I always wanted, but just in a different kind of route to what I expected,” she told Kate Thornton, the host of Yahoo UK podcast White Wine Question Time.
“I’ve just received these bonus three kids that I love dearly. It’s emotional to think of the journey we’ve been on, and where we are now.”
Interview with ITV News She revealed that she suffered from imposter syndrome after “stepping into an already-made family”.
“It has taken me a while to feel at ease in my role, but that’s something I believe a lot step parents go through,” she stated.
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She shared that she didn’t know where she was going to start her journey as a stepmum.
“I didn’t know where I should go or what to do, so I felt really alone.”
Ferdinand also spoke out about her role in being a stepmom on an episode the podcast Made By MammasIn which she stated that being a stepparent is a “huge” role that requires a lot of pressure.
She stated, “I find it sometimes it is a lot more pressure. I don’t know whether I put the pressure onto myself – than on a biological parent because it’s so desperate to make things work.”