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Solve the 4 Biggest Problems Blended Families Face

By Amy Morin — 2021

Of course, becoming a stepfamily isn't always easy. Bringing two families together under one roof can be quite challenging. Even for the most prepared, growing pains will likely occur when two families merge.

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It is one thing to be a parent. It is another thing entirely to be a stepparent. Taking on the role of becoming a stepmom to kids that may have not known you previously can come with its own set of rules and challenges. It is up to you to fully understand what you are up against as a stepmom

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I Let My Child Create Their Own Gender Identity. The Experience Has Been a Gift for Us Both

We weren’t going to assign a gender or disclose their reproductive anatomy to people who didn’t need to know, and we were going to use the gender-neutral personal pronouns they, them and their.

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Explaining Nonbinary: How to Talk to Kids About Gender

Gender isn't limited to boys and girls, so it's time to break the habit of assuming people must be one or the other. The best place to start? Teaching the right concepts to our children.

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The Hardest Part of Having a Nonbinary Kid Is Other People

A mother recounts the pushback she received from her own family in raising a gender-nonconforming child.

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Stepmoms Say Kamala Harris’s Embrace of Her Blended Family on the National Stage Was a Long-Awaited Moment

Kamala Harris, the vice president-elect, has no biological children, but embraces her two step children as her own.

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3 Tips to Prevent Losing Yourself In Your New Stepmom Role

Just like the name suggests, being a ‘step’mom requires taking steps to enter your new role in a way that doesn’t totally change who you are.

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To The Stepmom Who Feels Like She’s Lost Herself

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Dating As a Single Parent: After the Kids Go to Bed

How to make it work at home.

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Sex and the Single Parent

How (and why) they find the time to parent and find a partner.

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The Two Reasons Parents Regret Having Kids

Feelings of ambivalence about parenthood aren’t necessarily going to do harm to children. But when regret suffuses the parent-child dynamic, the whole family can suffer.

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