What if I don’t like my stepkids?
Don’t like your stepkid? You’re not alone! Here’s 5 legit reasons why that can happen and what to do when you don’t love your stepkid.
6 things stepparents wish their partners knew
Learn 6 truths about stepparenting and blended family life we wish our partners understood.
Should stepparents discipline their stepkids?
Are stepparents seriously not allowed to discipline our stepkids? Even though we share a house with them??
Can you disengage from only one stepkid?
Can you disengage from only one stepkid? Or disengage from your stepkid when you’ve got other kids at home? Sure can! Let me explain…
(Step) Love actually
Love in a stepfamily is different… so maybe it’s okay for stepparents to fake love till we feel love.
Spying, lying, & stepkids: how to deal when your stepkid acts like a double agent
How do you deal with a spying or lying stepkid when their actions cross the line from "kids will be kids" into toxic behavior?
5 transition day tips for stepparents
Your stepkids’ transition day is hard on everyone — including stepparents! These tips can help lower those stress levels down to a less insane decibel.
4 ways to support your partner after disengaging
What's a stepparent's role look like after disengaging? Here are 4 non-parenting ways you can still be a supportive stepparent.
When your stepkid reminds you too much of the ex
Is it normal to not like your stepkids when they act too much like your partner’s high-conflict co-parent? Short answer: yes. Longer answer: read this blog.
What's a stepparent's role, anyway?
It took me years to realize that what I wanted my role to be as a stepmom and what actually worked for me, my stepdaughter, and our family were two very different things.
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.
Why does my stepkid hate me? 6 reasons why stepkids reject stepparents
Worried your stepkids hate you? Weirdly enough, just because your stepkids reject you doesn't mean they actually hate you!
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?
Stepparenting a stepkid with childhood trauma
How should you approach stepparenting when your stepkid comes from childhood abuse or trauma?
When are you considered a stepparent?
At what point are you considered a stepparent? Do you have to be married first? How many hoops do we have to jump through before we’re acknowledged as an important part of our stepkid’s family?
Even when stepparenting is hard, you gotta make time for fun
Don’t lose yourself so much in the stepparenting role that you forget to have fun! Walking on eggshells is never the best way to bond with your stepkid.
Let's stop acting like "stepparent" is a dirty word
Do we really need to call ourself "bonus moms" instead of "stepmoms"? Let’s stop apologizing for the very valid role we play in our stepfamily and own the stepparenting title with pride.
8 stepparenting tips I learned from Game of Thrones
Now that we know how Game of Thrones ends, looking back at the beginning brings up all kinds of obvious-in-retrospect foreshadowing. Kinda like blending a family.