Step Parenting

I have done everything I possibly can with SD15. I have got her counseling. Medical help. Her health is now under control as well as her ED and self-harm tendencies due to the therapist and psychologist I got her in to see. Until a few months ago she was actually…

Sometimes it’s the little lies that get me through the day. Oh, I’m sorry I missed your call! My phone was on silent. Actually, no. My phone was not on silent. I totally saw and heard your call come through. …

A StepMom Journey One of the hardest parts of being a stepmom is defining your role. Women have plenty of role models for being a mother. Our family of origin — our mothers, grandmothers, aunts — allows us to experience how moms function in families. We see how our friends’ mothers behave, we…

Stepparenting can be challenging, particularly when your stepchild is resistant to you. When I started dating my now-husband, I faced many difficulties with his young daughter Amy, including negative behaviors such as acting out, withdrawal, resentment, jealousy, and rejection. It wasn’t easy, but by following a few simple steps, I…

I am a teen girl, 15F, almost 16. Despite my father dying when I was a baby, I had a pretty great childhood being raised by my mom until last year, when she married my stepfather (SF). As compared to my mom when she was on her own, SF has…

Some children will go to extremes to get away with not doing their homework Being a parent is never easy, even for the parent who has been a foster parent or a step-parent and raised many children. My friend Shay had recently gotten married, and her new husband had custody of his 2 children. …

If you’re reading this because you are a new stepmom who doesn’t know where to turn when you find yourself triggered or confused, I see you. Sometimes you feel like an outsider, or maybe you are fatigued from adapting to the constant curveballs, and you are learning that your blended…

Do YOU know how to fight? The other day, something happened that made me feel proud, and I wanted to share it with you. My partner shared some concerns about her son, Luc, a teenager. As a person with a background in athleticism, my first thought was to approach it…

As stepparents, we get out of the way, but we never go away. “Whether a reaction is endothermic or exothermic depends on the difference between the energy needed to break bonds and the energy released when new bonds form. If more heat energy is released when making the bonds than…