I’m at odds with my partner because our kids can’t get along

Young couple arguing during lunch time with their children in dining room. Focus is on woman.

DEAR DEIDRE: MY kids are struggling to form a connection with their new step siblings and it’s causing me and my partner to argue.

I’ve been divorced for five years and I have an eight and a 10-year-old from my first marriage. It’s been amicable with my ex and I have the kids to stay over every other weekend.

My partner’s children are 12 and 14 and they are both boys.