6 things stepparents wish their partners knew
Learn 6 truths about stepparenting and blended family life we wish our partners understood.
How to keep your cool during your partner's custody battle
How can you support your partner through their high conflict custody battle without losing yourself in the process?
Why your relationship (NOT the kids) should come first in a stepfamily
Should your partner or the kids come first in a blended family? Here's why your relationship needs to take top priority.
3 ways to tell your partner you're disengaging
Need to take a step back from stepparenting? Here's 3 ways you can explain disengaging to your partner in a positive way.
The signs that point us toward blended
I spent years frustrated that our stepfamily didn’t feel how I thought a family should feel. I wanted a clear sign we were blended. Little did I know we already counted as a “real” family!
Why does stepparenting feel so counterintuitive?
So much about stepparenting feel like we’re blending our family wrong or messing our stepkids up. How can we move past that?
Inventing new blended family holiday traditions
Our blended family invented new holiday traditions only by letting go of our ideas of how we thought the holidays “should” be celebrated... and when.
The emotional labor of stepparenting
Stepparents take it upon ourselves to do all kinds of Shit That Goes Unrecognized, because we are the only ones who seem to realize that otherwise our stepfamily will not survive.
How to support your partner when they’re co-parenting with a narcissist ex
As stepparents, what’s the best way we can support our partners (and protect ourselves) when they’re stuck co-parenting with a narcissistic ex?