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Communication With Both Sets of Parents: How to Improve?, How Can I Create a Bond With My Young Stepdaughter?
2 articles
Partners & Ex-Partners
Handling Your Spouse's Hostile or Jealous Ex, Involving Stepchildren in Wedding Plans, Staying Out of Your Spouse's Relationship with Their Ex, Supporting Your Spouse in Their Role as Stepparent
6 articles
Case Studies
Being a Step Grandparent: A Case Study, Case Study: Teenager Coping With a Step Parent, Life in a Blended or Step Family: Case Study, Spending Time Alone as a Couple: A Case Study
8 articles
Other Family Members
Becoming a Step GrandParent, Forming Bonds with In-Laws as a Second Spouse, Getting Support from Family and Friends, Helping Stepkids to Remain Close to an Absent Parent's Family
5 articles
Everyday Life
Being an Organised Step Family, Building a Happy Stepfamily, Combining Traditions in Stepfamilies, Defining the Role of a Stepparent in the Household
10 articles
Finance Issues
Allowing for your Partners CSA Payments, Budgeting for a Bigger Family, Budgeting for School Trips and Activities, Including Stepchildren in a Will
7 articles
Teenagers
Dealing with Rebellion and Confrontation, Dealing with Teenage Stepchildren, Finding Common Ground and Shared Interests, Helping Teens Adjust to a New Step Family
8 articles
Children
Balancing Discipline and Friendship as a Stepparent, Dealing with Children When you Have None of your Own, Dealing with Disrespectful Stepchildren, Don't take things to Heart
12 articles
Parenting
Challenges of Being a Step Child, Maintaining a Relationship With Your Child's School, Sharing the Parental Responsibility, The Challenges of Step Parenting
6 articles
Step Dads
Activities to do with Your Step Child, Fitting in with the Children, Forming a Bond with your Step Daughter, Forming a Bond with your Step Son
7 articles
Step Mums
Encourage your Step Child's Relationship with their Mother, Knowing When to Say Something and When Not to, Mum vs. Stepmum, Overcoming the "Evil Stepmother" Stereotype
8 articles
Emotions
Accepting your Feelings as a Step Parent, Assuring Stepchildren that You're Not Replacing their Parent, Dealing With Change, Dealing with Feelings of Resentment as a Stepparent
8 articles