Blended Families

Blended and extended seem to wander hand-in-hand in today's society. The new norm are parents who divorce, remarry and begin new families multiple times. Many times families also move in together outside of marriage. It is not uncommon for families with different mothers or fathers to be created and recreated several times in the life of a child. So how does it all work?

Much of the process

Blended Families Step-children experiences: The trials of instant motherhood

by Mahala Schultz

If someone had told me just two years ago, even a year and a half ago, that I would be a mother to six children, I would have laughed.

Blended Families Chores in a blended family: Managing household responsibilities

by Laura Leigh Fields

Chores aren't exactly things we can't wait to do. Some are worse than others, I guess. It just depends on what you have to do. In

Blended Families Blended family: Tips for dealing with rivalry among children

by Cindy Abbate

Sibling rivalry, even within a traditional family unit, can be disruptive enough to send a family into turmoil. When the children

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