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Confessions Of A Wicked Step-Mother

Nina Lorez Collins | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Stepchildren, Stepfamily, Dating After Divorce With Kids, Divorce, Dating-After-Divorce, Dating After Divorce, Dating, Stepmom, Stepmother, Jealousy, Dating-After-Divorce-With-Kids, Stepfather, Stepchild, Divorce News
Nina Lorez Collins

When I got married, at twenty-three, I became a stepmother to a seven-year-old-boy. I'd known Jonah since he was four, and his parents had divorced wh...

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Keeping My Step-Dad's Secret

Theo Pauline Nestor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Custody, Divorce, Stepfather, Divorce News
Theo Pauline Nestor

A year or so after he walked me down the aisle, my beloved stepfather disappeared. My parents--that's what I'd always called my mother and my stepfat...

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A Stepfather's Lament: I Want To Be 'Dad'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blended Family, Dad, Babble, Stepfather, Kevin Keck, Step-Parenting, Divorce News

Story courtesy of Babble By Kevin Keck I am down in my workshop standing amongst tools that date back to my great-grandfather. Most of the tools are...

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The Holidays: How Stepfamilies Can Be Happier

Wednesday Martin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Tension in Stepfamilies, Wednesday Martin, Stepfamily Advice, Divorce, Tips for Stepfamilies, Thanksgiving, Stepmonster, Blended Family, Stepmother, Stepchildren, Holiday, Stepfamily, Stepfamily Dynamics, Step Children, Stepfamily Support, Remarriage, Step Mother, Stepfather, Step Father, Family, Remarriage With Children, Holiday News, Healthy Living News
Wednesday Martin

Stepfamilies often experience extraordinary stress as the holidays--with their pressure cooker of "family" expectations--get underway. So, let go of the Three Big Myths of Stepfamily life.

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Stepfamilies To Uncle Sam: Learn To Count!

Wednesday Martin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Gay Stepfamily, Wednesday Martin, Stepfamily Advice, Divorce, Blended Family, Stepmonster, Cohabiting, Stepmother, Stepmothers, Stepchild, Latino Stepfamily, Stepchildren, Stepfamily, African American Stepfamily, U.S. Census, Stepfamily Support, Stepmothering, Step Mother, Step Father, Stepfather, Remarriage With Children, Family, Healthy Living News
Wednesday Martin

We're hearing a lot about the new U.S. Census these days and many might wonder what, precisely, is at stake. For stepfamilies, the answer is: quite a bit.

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Where The Wild Things Are Wins Box Office

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Film, Law Abiding Citizen, Invention of Lying, Surrogates, Box Office, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Where the Wild Things Are, Movies, Toy Story 3-D, Paranormal Activity, Warner Brothers, Revenue, Zombieland, Wb, Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze, Couples Retreat, Stepfather, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — "Where the Wild Things Are" proved a bigger hit with adult audiences than family crowds as the adaptation of Maurice Sendak's belo...

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Needles Extracted From Areas Around Brazilian Toddler's Lungs, Heart

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Heart, Child Abuse, Needles, Angelina Ribeiro Dos Santos, Roberto Carlos Magalhaes, Boy, Brazil, Stepfather, Lungs, Candomble, World News

RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian toddler was awake and breathing on his own Saturday after doctors removed four life-threatening sewing needles from...

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When And Why You Shouldn't Put The Kids First

Wednesday Martin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Wednesday Martin, Patricia Papernow, Divorce, Stepmonster, Blended Family, Step Family, Stepmother, Stepchild, Marriage First, Advice for Stepparents, Advice for Stepmothers, Stepfamily, Linda Nielsen, Step Child, Remarriage, Step Mother, Stepfather, Remarriage With Children, Marriage, Healthy Living News
Wednesday Martin

Shunting the husband/wife relationship to the back burner whenever the stepchildren are around is, it turns out, a recipe for marital and step-family disaster.

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