Both divorced moms and stepmoms deserve to be fully honored for our contributions and all that we bring to our families.
Raina Wallens | Posted 05.08.2012
It's stepparents -- the very people who don't actually have an official day -- who could, well, kind of use one.
HuffingtonPost.com | Natasha Burton | Posted 05.05.2012
To stepmother Judy Osborne, Mother’s Day is “the hardest day of the year.” Osborne, a Brookline, Mass.-based marriage and family therapist, ...
Christine Bronstein | Posted 05.22.2012
My husband and I are part of the fastest-growing demographic in the U.S. -- the blended family.I constantly get asked: How do you do it? And is it worth it?
Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 11.29.2011
What message does the word "stepmother" convey more clearly than "You're NOT a mother"? And why does a father's new wife need to be contextualized in relation to the mother at all? It declares a winner... as if society doesn't already halo moms over non-moms enough.
Nina Lorez Collins | Posted 09.20.2011
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...
cnn.com | Posted 07.12.2011
If there was a job posting for a stepmother it might read: Woman needed to raise someone's else's kids who will fight you and test you and might ev...
Monique Honaman | Posted 05.25.2011
A dear friend in Wisconsin called me the other day. She was distraught. Turns out, her ex-husband had eloped over the weekend to marry the "other woman"...
Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 05.25.2011
Old habits die hard, but when it comes to Valentine's Day traditions you had with a former spouse, die they must. When you're in a subsequent marriag...
washingtonpost.com | Carol Morello | Posted 05.25.2011
Call them blended families, bonus families or para-kin. Just don't call them stepfamilies. The term -- seared into our consciousness through fairy tal...
Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 05.25.2011
The stepmother is probably the least-defined role in the contemporary family structure: She is a parent, yet not the parent. A caregiver but not alway...
Posted 05.25.2011
Happy Mother's Day Eve! One way to celebrate with mom is to curl up with a movie you can both enjoy. Most of these movies are about moms and some ar...
Jennifer Newcomb Marine | Posted 05.11.2012