We think you're near Los Angeles

Austin step parents

Moving on: Dealing with the new love in your former partner's life

When Danielle's ex met the woman he's now engaged to, Danielle, a single mom in Dunnellon was fine with it.“We'd been divorced...
Read more

Blended Family Matters-Discipline

Children are a sensitive issue and we will address that topic coupled with discipline in this article. Let's start by saying, 'No' you...
Read more

Should Step Parents Have Their Own Bond With Kids?

Every Christmas, The Sacramento Ballet puts on a production of "The Nutcracker". Stepmother Julie Weiss * has been taking her step...
Read more

Fatherhood is priceless

Fatherhood comes at a price. Almost everyone remembers the catchy add from Visa that went something like “Wedding on the Hill = $20,000...
Read more

Why Do Parents Compete Anyway?

Shelly Jensen* of Folsom has been a stepmother for four years. In that time, she's learned a great deal about how the blended family works, what to...
Read more

Adapting to the Blended Family Life

“ We can't choose one stepmothering style anymore than we can choose our own eye color.” - -Wednesday Martin, author of Stepmonster...
Read more

A Step Parents Nightmare: Carl Probyn

In 1991, Stepfather Carl Probyn witnessed the now famous kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard from their South Lake Tahoe home.On that fateful day,in front...
Read more

Blended Patience

Patience is a virtue…but sometimes hard to come by. Outside the home a looming deadline or stressful situation work, A couple 10 page papers...
Read more

A question answered: Prom Promises

Dear Amy,My wife's ex husband is basically a dead beat dad, their daughter lives with us full time for several years.Recently my step daughter...
Read more

A Question Answered: Driving With A Past

Dear Amy,Eleven years ago, when my husband was 18 years old, he was arrested for a DUI, due to an auto accident. He served his time, did all the...
Read more