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The 7 Stages of Becoming a Stepparent

By Blended Family Frappe

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.

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We Are One: How One Woman Reclaimed Her Identity Through Motherhood

Motherhood, for those of us for whom it was never in the cards, can shift the tectonic plates of your being and, in the process, level the life built upon them.

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Vanessa Broers
2021
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The Co-Parenting Handbook: Raising Well-Adjusted and Resilient Kids from Little Ones to Young Adults through Divorce or Separation

A valuable resource for parents who are transitioning from being married with children to co-parenting together, this handbook will help ensure kids and co-parents thrive.

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Karen Bonnell, Kristin Little (contributor)
2017
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Blend: The Secret to Co-Parenting and Creating a Balanced Family

A wise and inspiring guide to creating a happy and healthy blended family by Mashonda Tifrere with contributions from her co-parents—Swizz Beatz and his wife, Grammy-Award winning singer and songwriter Alicia Keys.

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Mashonda Tifrere, Alicia Keys (foreword)
2025
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Blending Families: Make the Marriage a Priority

You may think that your children should be the highest priority in your new relationship, but it has to be the marriage. If your kids don’t see this marriage as a relationship that will last then they will never accept this new change.

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2016
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Ask A Family Therapist: 3 Tips for Blended Families {#AskACoupleTherapist Episode 3}

For this edition of the #AskAFamilyTherapist series, therapist Erica Turner discusses 3 tips that blended families can use to make the process of coming together go smoother.

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2015
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How to Succeed as a Step Family: A Psychologist Explains | Psychlopaedia

Psychologist James Bray on how to survive the high-stress first year of step parenting and establish a well-adjusted family that works for adults and children.

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2017
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Our BIG Family Blending Mistakes | Blended Family Problems | Vlogss

In this video we shared some of the mistakes we made as a blended family or commonly known as a step family. Being in a blended or step family is not easy and we hope this video will help you learn from our mistakes.

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2018
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Love, No Matter What | Andrew Solomon

What is it like to raise a child who’s different from you in some fundamental way (like a prodigy, or a differently abled kid, or a criminal)? In this quietly moving talk, writer Andrew Solomon shares what he learned from talking to dozens of parents—asking them: What’s the line between...

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Andrew Solomon
2013
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Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity

Solomon’s startling proposition in Far from the Tree is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition—that difference is what unites us.

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Andrew Solomon
2013
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The Surprising Loneliness of Parenthood

Everyone expects the addition of a new member of the family to lead to a steady stream of new friends and fun playdates with other parents. However, for many mums and dads, the joy of welcoming a new child can have unexpected consequences.

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2018
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