Stepmothers and Mother’s Day, Trials and Tribulations
Mother’s Day is annually observed in Australia and New Zealand on the second Sunday of May. It is an opportunity for everyone to pay tribute to their mothers and to …
Tips and strategies to help stepparents talk with their partner
Research tells us that stepfamilies are at greater risk for divorce and separation than ‘first’ families due to the unavoidable stresses that accompany stepfamily life. The first two years in particular …
When love doesn’t come to town – What to do when you don’t love your stepchildren.
Whoever you are and whatever your circumstances, love is complex. Within stepfamilies however, love can be very complex. Especially when it comes to stepparents and stepchildren. This is thanks, in …
15+ questions to ask your partner before becoming a stepmum
Love the second time around is lovelier, but it’s also more complicated. Supporting your relationship to navigate the extra complexities that come with forming a stepfamily is a big job. …
On the outside looking in? Insider/Outsider relationships in stepfamilies
Feel like an outsider in your own home? Let me guess, you’re a stepparent, right? Stepfamilies are different from first-time families. Despite that seeming like such common-sense, many adults in …
5 tips for managing back to school Stepmum-style
Summer holidays are just about over. Can you hear that school bell ringing in the not-so-distant future? No matter how many times you’ve done it before, crossing the school gates …
The Secret to Stepparent Happiness: Stop Caring So Much
When I look back at my stepparent journey I can’t believe how much time I wasted on things that I either couldn’t control or at the end of the day …
Tips For Stepfamily Gift-Giving
It’s that time of the year when it’s easy for coparents, stepparents and children to get caught up in the calendars, traditions, and negotiations for time together and time apart …
18 Lessons I Have Learnt From My Stepson
I have been in my stepson’s life for a number of years now. He was a toddler when I first met his father. He is now fully-fledged teenage man-boy. I …
Stepparenting Obstacles: Shadows
I was reading a book the other day, “Between Two Homes – A Coparenting Handbook” by Bradley S. Craig, specifically chapter three which talks about the obstacles to establishing a …