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Jun 155 min read

What Your (Step)Kids Want You To Know, But Won’t Tell You

That underlying, constant tension which lies between your reality and what you expected when you and Bae came together is what is causing...

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Jun 156 min read

5 Money Moves Every Stepfamily Needs to Make

How we handle money will either promote peace of mind or unnecessarily complicate our lives. Under any circumstance it is important to...

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Jun 157 min read

Co-parenting for Change

Conversation #1: Me: EX*, if you and your wife, keep talking badly about me, you’re just going to put Daughter* in a position of having...

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Jun 158 min read

FOR DADS ONLY: Disneyland Dads

Jimmy and Michael came running into the kitchen where their mother, Andrea, stood chopping vegetables. They were out of breath and full...

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Jun 155 min read

Grandparenting Step by Step: Do's and Don'ts

When people ask me about my grandparents, I automatically talk about Grandma Beulah and Granddaddy, and Grandma. They are my parents’...

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How Conflict Serves

My first marriage collapsed under the strain of piled-up resentment. My first husband and I never learned how to make peace. We kept...

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5 More Money Moves Every Stepfamily Needs to Make

You thought we only had 5 money moves for you?! Please!!! That last money moves post was meant to get the conversation started for you....

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Jun 155 min read

Emotional Budgeting: 4 Line Items We Can No Longer Afford to Carry

When Jonathan and I feel the need to tighten up our budget we first start looking for dispensable expenses; those unnecessary things on...

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Jun 158 min read

Face Like Flint: Staying Consistent in Blended-Family Fickleness

Jonathan and I sat down to chat with our daughter (his bio/my bonus) while she was pregnant with our first grandchild. During that...

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