Step parents

Happy Fathers Day to all the men who stepped up with love #stepdad #responsibility #men

Step parenting can push you to the brink. Learn 12 simple rules to become the best damn step-parent you can be.

Raise your hand if you know a stepmom. Unfortunately, that may be most of the people reading this. Now I'm not going to get into statistics, because well...that's boring. We all know divorce rates are high. I also don't want to get into the why's of divorce today—not that I condone divorce. I just want

Good morning! So after this long, LONG weekend I'm feeling a certain type of way as a stepmom. People honestly don't tell you the truth about being a step mom and then it's this huge surprise when you become one and it's not all fairy dust and unicorn kisses. My sister in law was the most honest about it and told me directly that it's probably going to suck most of the time. Not because of the kids, or the husband, but it's going to be the co-parenting. Lord have mercy was she right. Again…

Have you asked yourself, "Am I a stepmom if I'm not married yet?" In short, no! But here's why it matters, and why it's totally okay.

Just like bearing children, choosing to become a step-parent is a tremendous act of love. But while many biological parents end up having kids in a, ahem,

This one goes out to the children who have your heart (or the stepmother who does).

How to explain to child the role of a step-father and how it's different from a birth parent. #dads #parenting #stepdad #divorce #blendedfamilies

Share this...FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin I’m a stepmom. I’ve written about it before but I consider being a stepmom one of the luckiest things that has ever happened to me. Some of you other stepmoms out there aren’t so lucky, and for whatever reasons you have bio-moms who you just can’t get along with, and who just can’t […]