Blessings in Your Blendings: His Kids, Your Kids A soon-to-be stepmom contacted me and asked for some tips on how to mix her partners kids and her kids together in a new family unit. Here is a part of her note to me: “I am a mother of two young children under the age of ten and I am engaged…
5 Tips on How to Handle Vacationing Without your Stepkids! I have been thinking about our upcoming holiday, and how to ensure everybody’s feelings are going to be spared when we are taking our next trip solo. No, I don’t mean solo just me, or me and the hubby. Solo in our world is without our stepkids. Travelling with our…
Ever Wonder How Your Stepkids Feel About Valentine’s Day? Valentine’s Day is one of those holidays that can be tricky to navigate for a lot of people. As children, we grow up loving Valentine’s Day. A day where your parents buy you chocolates and cinnamon hearts? Yes, please! Then you attend school where every student in the class gives…
“I’m not listening to you, you’re not my real mom”… sound familiar? It does for me, swap out ‘mom’ for ‘dad’ and I’ve said that line a million times. My stepfather came into my life at the ripe age of 14, which could quite possibly be one of the most difficult ages for any parent to deal with. My mom…
Advice from an Adult Stepkid Whether you are joining a family with young stepchildren or adult stepchildren, there will be challenges. Both situations are extremely unique, on one hand, if your stepchild is young they may be more open to accepting you since they may not fully understand and have the same emotions as an older stepchild. On the…
New Year’s Resolutions I Wish My Stepmom Had At the end of one year and into the beginning of the next, so many of us make New Year’s resolutions. These goals are normally self-improvement based, like eating healthy, exercising and getting organized. We have a proposal, how about this year we make our resolutions just a little bit more meaningful in…
How to be a Good Stepmom…Despite Being Surrounded by Chaos Being a stepmother is generally painted as the stuff fairy tales are made of – either you get your happily ever after, or are placed in the evil stepmother category. But real life is not a fairy tale, and what you get depends a lot on what you put…
How to Motivate Your Kids to Read over the Holidays Ahh, the holiday reading list! To some, it can be such a joy to be off school or off work and be able to spend hours curled up reading your favourite book. To others, it can be a nightmare and close to impossible. I’m sure a lot of us moms…