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What if I don’t like my stepkids?
BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 3/31/23 BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 3/31/23

What if I don’t like my stepkids?

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.

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6 things stepparents wish their partners knew
BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 5/30/22 BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 5/30/22

6 things stepparents wish their partners knew

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

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Should stepparents discipline their stepkids?
BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 10/16/21 BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 10/16/21

Should stepparents discipline their stepkids?

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

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Can you disengage from only one stepkid?
STEPARENTING BURNOUT & RECOVERY, BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 10/1/21 STEPARENTING BURNOUT & RECOVERY, BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 10/1/21

Can you disengage from only one stepkid?

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…

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Why your relationship (NOT the kids) should come first in a stepfamily
BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 9/12/21 BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 9/12/21

Why your relationship (NOT the kids) should come first in a stepfamily

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

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When should you walk away from your blended family?
STEPARENTING BURNOUT & RECOVERY, BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 3/14/21 STEPARENTING BURNOUT & RECOVERY, BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 3/14/21

When should you walk away from your blended family?

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.

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(Step) Love actually
BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 12/23/20 BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 12/23/20

(Step) Love actually

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

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Spying, lying, & stepkids: how to deal when your stepkid acts like a double agent
HIGH CONFLICT HELP, BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 10/11/20 HIGH CONFLICT HELP, BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 10/11/20

Spying, lying, & stepkids: how to deal when your stepkid acts like a double agent

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

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5 transition day tips for stepparents
BECOMING BLENDED, STEPARENTING BURNOUT & RECOVERY Blended Family Frappé 9/27/20 BECOMING BLENDED, STEPARENTING BURNOUT & RECOVERY Blended Family Frappé 9/27/20

5 transition day tips for stepparents

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

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4 ways to support your partner after disengaging
STEPARENTING BURNOUT & RECOVERY, BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 9/10/20 STEPARENTING BURNOUT & RECOVERY, BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 9/10/20

4 ways to support your partner after disengaging

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

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What's a stepparent's role, anyway?
BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 8/23/20 BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 8/23/20

What's a stepparent's role, anyway?

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.

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3 ways to tell your partner you're disengaging
STEPARENTING BURNOUT & RECOVERY Blended Family Frappé 8/5/20 STEPARENTING BURNOUT & RECOVERY Blended Family Frappé 8/5/20

3 ways to tell your partner you're disengaging

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

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Why does my stepkid hate me? 6 reasons why stepkids reject stepparents
BECOMING BLENDED, STEPARENTING BURNOUT & RECOVERY Blended Family Frappé 7/30/20 BECOMING BLENDED, STEPARENTING BURNOUT & RECOVERY Blended Family Frappé 7/30/20

Why does my stepkid hate me? 6 reasons why stepkids reject stepparents

Worried your stepkids hate you? Weirdly enough, just because your stepkids reject you doesn't mean they actually hate you!

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The signs that point us toward blended
BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 4/15/20 BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 4/15/20

The signs that point us toward blended

I spent years frustrated that our stepfamily didn’t feel how I thought a family should feel. I wanted a clear sign we were blended. Little did I know we already counted as a “real” family!

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How to survive stepparenting stress
BECOMING BLENDED, STEPARENTING BURNOUT & RECOVERY Blended Family Frappé 4/2/20 BECOMING BLENDED, STEPARENTING BURNOUT & RECOVERY Blended Family Frappé 4/2/20

How to survive stepparenting stress

Why is being a stepparent so much harder than regular parenting? And how can we survive the overwhelm of stepdad & stepmom stress and burnout?

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Why does stepparenting feel so counterintuitive?
BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 3/11/20 BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 3/11/20

Why does stepparenting feel so counterintuitive?

So much about stepparenting feel like we’re blending our family wrong or messing our stepkids up. How can we move past that?

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Stepparenting a stepkid with childhood trauma
HIGH CONFLICT HELP Blended Family Frappé 2/27/20 HIGH CONFLICT HELP Blended Family Frappé 2/27/20

Stepparenting a stepkid with childhood trauma

How should you approach stepparenting when your stepkid comes from childhood abuse or trauma?

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When are you considered a stepparent?
BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 2/12/20 BECOMING BLENDED Blended Family Frappé 2/12/20

When are you considered a stepparent?

At what point are you considered a stepparent? Do you have to be married first? How many hoops do we have to jump through before we’re acknowledged as an important part of our stepkid’s family?

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