Dad's getting wed? How to cope as an adult stepchild
When Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles married eight years ago, these royals did something utterly common. They formed a stepfamily of a particular sort - one uniquely modern, every day more widespread yet significantly “under the radar.” Each had adult offspring - the now-Duchess’s son was 31 and her daughter 27, while Princes William and Harry were 22 and 20, respectively.
When you think “stepfamily,” you likely think of two adults with young kids trying their best to “blend” everyone together into a happy, “natural-family”-like unit. But demographers tell us that “adult stepfamilies” like the one formed by Charles and Camilla are dramatically on the rise for two reasons.