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[quote=Anonymous]It depends on the kids.  My brother and SIL divorced when my nieces were about 4 and 6.  After a couple of years, my SIL remarried with a guy that had two then teenage boys about 8 & 10 years older than the oldest.  Those boys adored their sisters and to this day (my nieces are now 22 and 24, and their brothers are 32 and 34) they are thick as thieves.  It was actually quite good.  The boys became a lot more responsible when they were given responsibilities around younger sisters.  And the girls also became better behaved when there were more watchful eyes on them and they had more "adults" giving them attention.  It helped that my brother, his girlfriend (now wife) and my SIL and her husband were all pretty friendly (my brother and SIL fought over money and they got along much better when they were no longer sharing finances) so they were one big family for all the intervening years.

I've seen a couple of other households where it worked out well.  I know that they are in the minority, but there are combinations that do work out.   It depends on the kids.  [/quote]

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