Don’t like your stepkid? You’re not alone! Here’s 5 legit reasons why that can happen and what to do when you don’t love your stepkid.

Learn 6 truths about stepparenting and blended family life we wish our partners understood.

Are stepparents seriously not allowed to discipline our stepkids? Even though we share a house with them??

Can you disengage from only one stepkid? Or disengage from your stepkid when you’ve got other kids at home? Sure can! Let me explain…

How can you support your partner through their high conflict custody battle without losing yourself in the process?

Should your partner or the kids come first in a blended family? Here's why your relationship needs to take top priority.

If your partner’s not setting great boundaries with their high-conflict ex, here are 4 ways stepparents can protect themselves and their own mental health.

Is it hard to prove parental alienation? Not if you combine the right strategies with the right documentation tools! This guide will help get you started.

So much advice about parental alienation is naive, worthless, or just plain wrong. Don't believe these common myths!

Stay and keep fighting to blend your family, or call it quits and leave? This is the question I asked myself almost daily for a solid decade.

Love in a stepfamily is different… so maybe it’s okay for stepparents to fake love till we feel love.

How do you deal with a spying or lying stepkid when their actions cross the line from "kids will be kids" into toxic behavior?

Your stepkids’ transition day is hard on everyone — including stepparents! These tips can help lower those stress levels down to a less insane decibel.

What's a stepparent's role look like after disengaging? Here are 4 non-parenting ways you can still be a supportive stepparent.

Is it normal to not like your stepkids when they act too much like your partner’s high-conflict co-parent? Short answer: yes. Longer answer: read this blog.

It took me years to realize that what I wanted my role to be as a stepmom and what actually worked for me, my stepdaughter, and our family were two very different things.

If trying to co-parent with your high-conflict ex doesn’t spark joy for you, maybe it’s time to switch to parallel parenting. Here’s some tips on how to get started.

Need to take a step back from stepparenting? Here's 3 ways you can explain disengaging to your partner in a positive way.