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What Does Trust Mean to a Stepmom?
Trust is one of the pillars in a healthy relationship. That’s trust for a spouse, friends, children, and most of…
3 Co-Parenting Tips for Less Stress and Happier Children
These co-parenting tips will make your life easier. Honest.
Co-parenting often proves a nightmarish, combative process, with your children’s health and…
Step-mom or Step-MAID? How to Stop Feeling “Locked Out, Looking In”
I recently received an email from a concerned stepmom expressing frustrations with her living situation and asking how to address…
Why Your Step-kids Hate You (and What to Do About It)
Your step-kids are getting it from all sides, but they’re going to be taking it all out in one place:…
Can Remarried Couples Stay Together?
Ever feel like you and your husband are running two households in one home? Can you even remember why you…
Beyond Remarriage Bridal Shows: an Interview with Paula Bisacre
Remarriage Showcase is no mere bridal show. It helps brides and grooms plan weddings & gives them a recipe for…
How to Develop a Parenting Plan After Remarriage
Co-parenting is tough. Between difficult exes, threatened spouses, manipulative children, communication challenges, and the messy aftermath of previous marriages, parents…
Stepfamily Mother’s Day: Mommageddon
Mother’s Day day isn’t always smooth. It’s even rockier for stepfamilies. Biological moms rock the boat when feeling envy over…
The Stepmom’s Marriage Manual
Violated expectations breed strife. Everyone has ideas about how things should be, and dreams about how they will. And then,…
Stepfamily Triumphant Love
Let’s end the year with a true and touching message of hope, love and inspiration. I have a dear friend…
3 Ghosts of Marriage Past Sure to Plague Your Holidays
Millions of people all over the world are looking forward to the most festive time of the year. Remarried couples…
Dads’ Ex-Wife Obsession Hurts Children
You’re remarried, and you want to believe. You want to believe that you’ve found the love of your life. You…
How Kids Sabotage Remarriages and What to Do About It
You’re free from your old, poisonous relationship. You’ve found someone new who you love. Remarriage is shaping up to be…
5 Ways Undermining Bio Moms Haunts Stepmoms
Joining a family is a tricky thing. You worry that you’ll be forever stuck on the outside, looking in. So,…
How Sabotaging Stepmoms Hurts Your Children
It’s unnerving watching your children spend more time with a competing mother figure than you. You feel inadequate, your judgement…
Depression and Parental Alienation: The Connection
Fathers in Stepfamilies: 3 Do’s and Don’ts
When Being a Nice Stepmother Is Not Enough: 7 Steps to Enjoying Your Stepchild’s Graduation
Stepfamilies facing life’s milestones, like graduation, experience a great deal of anxiety. It’s made worse when the relationship between…
5 Ways to Ruin Stepfamily Holidays
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