Dr. Ciara Kelly

Whether they're bonded through blood or other reasons.

And...

You know, understand and allow that when people live together or spend, maybe they don't live together full time, but they spend a lot of time together, maybe thrown together, there will be issues.

And what you do is you plough through them and you work through them and you stay calm and you don't go, you always did this and you never do.

You don't do any of that stuff.

You recognize that this is a new dawn and a challenge.

And I think being a bit kind and patient and not...

Ratcheting up drama is a good thing.

The first time you get a bit of flack from your partner's children, don't be running to them going, do you know what your child said to me?

Like if your own kid gave you a bit of cheek, would you be running around?

Yeah, I know.

I don't know.

I'm trying to remember.

Keep going though.

There was a lot of that, I'd say.

No.

Time, I think, is also important.

It won't happen overnight.

Families don't... You didn't form your relationship with your new partner overnight.

Exactly.