Including children from pervious marriage

I think that's so important antkmom.  I love to see that happen. It's just as big a day for the kids as it is for mom and dad.

I think it's so important to involve children from a previous marriage in the ceremony. A new family is being formed and the children are part of it.

My friend married a man with a daughter from a previous marriage. The girl was included in the ceremony. She didn't go on the honeymoon with them, but a few months later they all went to a vacation spot and my friend's husband told his new step daughter that this was their familymoon together. I thought this was so weet.

What a great idea ~  a familymoon!   I can see how important this would be to have with the child too.   It is important to make this child feel that she is still an important part of the family. 

I had been married twice, excluding my children in the ceromony and eloping to Vegas was a huge mistake! My kids although grown were resentful!

I learned that children want to be included at any age and it is important to the new relationship to include everyone.

Sure, annulments have nothing to do with religion, marriage is sort of like a binding contract, and if say, your partner is mentally incompetent, or infertile and didn't tell you, or you haven't consummated the marriage then an annulment is a get-out clause. It has nothing to do with catholics at all.

Those gestures are very sweet and shows sincerity on the part of the couple to really unite their families. It should be done by all couples with children from previous relationships to ensure emotional security of the children..

This is very exciting moment we have to appreciate it,.....

It is very hard to avoid children, they have to be included at any time.They have to be taken care.Else it will create many issues in the society in future...

of course .... the child has no fault ...it should be given the first preference in their life ....only by being so they can make their life meaning

I think it would cause hard feelings if the children weren't  included in the ceremony.  Even if they are adults, they should be invited to the event so they realize that their parent is still going to be part of their lives.

I think that is really sweet.  It's great when the step-parent includes the child.  After all they are a package deal.  I went to a wedding a few months back where the parents stood up and welcomed the bride and her daughter into their family.  It was so nice and cute too.  You could see that the daughter was pretty happy and felt included.

Of course, that is important to include children in their vows. They have to let the child felt also that he/she is important to them to avoid negative emotion of the child towards them. :0

I attended a wedding where both the groom and the bride had children from a previous marriage. When the got to the part where they lit a candle, they had everyone do it, symbolizing the creation of not just a new marriage, but a new family. It was beautiful.

What a nice gesture! I have had my two daughters at my wedding as well but they were still pretty young. My husband wanted them both to be present for the occasion even though they didn't really understand what was going on, but he still asked they be with us while we said our vows, it was really cute :)

well yeah i think its necessary ..your friend was lucky to have him..

I love the idea of including the children in the ceremony. After all, you are becoming one big family. I have thought about including my children into the ceremony, but I just haven't figured out how I am going to do it yet.