By Robert Booth — 2020
Freddy McConnell’s lawyer says judge was wrong to say ‘mother’ was not a gendered term.
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Becoming a stepparent by blending families or marrying someone with kids can be rewarding and fulfilling. If you've never had kids, you'll get the chance to share your life with a younger person and help to shape his or her character.
When things get tough, focus on your relationship. It'll get better.
The children are angry and vulnerable, the father sides with them out of guilt, and stepmothers are just expected to suck it all up
Stepparenting itself— that is, forming a relationship with someone else's kid— isn't the hard part. It's the intense, conflicted emotions you experience as part of the transition into becoming a stepparent that are the real killer.
Many stepmothers begin the commitment phase of their relationships with an engagement ring. Women who love men with children hear the statistical improbability of successful remarriage and dismiss it, knowing in their hearts that theirs is the love that will beat the odds.
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
How to stop hating yourself and your step-kid, as well.
Kamala Harris, the vice president-elect, has no biological children, but embraces her two step children as her own.
How did I picture us all living together in that house? I didn’t. I was like someone who shows up a bridge tournament and says, “Oh. I didn’t know we’d be playing cards.”