This is in reference to “Fed Up”, a stepmother who wrote that she “despised” her stepson. When I married my husband 42 years ...

U.S. children under 18 live in a blended family most or all of the time – one that includes a stepparent, stepsiblings or ...

The first "step" for stepparents is to connect with stepchildren by building a positive bond. One of the best ways to do this ...

Pew Research Center says blended families can be a very different mix of children with a stepparent, half sibling, ...

When in a new relationship as a single parent, it’s easy to stress about how your kids will the handle the news. Will they enjoy the company of the new face at the dinner table? Or will they shut down ...

Adapted from a recent online discussion. Dear Carolyn: I have been with my partner and her two children, 13 and 11, for three years. We recently bought a house together. The 13-year-old daughter has ...

When Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow threw the concept of 'Conscious Uncoupling' out there over a decade ago, it sparked a movement around breaking up with grace for the sake of the kids. Since then, ...

Being a parent is hard, but being a stepparent can be even harder. Here's how you can build an amazing relationship with your stepchild. In 2002, at the age of 30, Mollie H. married her now-husband, ...

The Brady Bunch brought us a portrait of the perfect blended family. Both Mike and Carol Brady seemed able to dispense advice and discipline. Their authority over all the kids seemed so firm that at ...

"I wanted to make sure I was consistent in their lives," Gabrielle Union said of becoming a parental figure to Dwyane Wade's kids after the couple began dating in 2008 Glenn Garner is a form ...