Did you know that today is National Day of Encouragement? I didn’t, until I read this post from Heather at Cafe Smom. Heather suggested that, since stepmoms need a lot of encouragement, she and her readers should pledge to encourage these women in particular today.
So, I took the pledge. Stepmoms, the following is for you…
Continue readingI spend a lot of time discussing the female side of divorce and stepfamily issues. I’ve talked about my journey as the partner of a divorced dad and I’ve invited conversation from The Mom’s perspective…. among other posts. And throughout the life of this blog, I’ve gotten some much-appreciated input from men about these issues.
Tonight, I’m thinking about stepfathers…
Continue readingLast night I had the honor of being a guest on the BlogTalkRadio show, Co-Parenting Matters. The topic of the show was “StepMom’s Roundtable” and it was all about…. you guessed it, “stepmoms”. Other guests included Heather Hetchler of Cafe Smom and host of The StepMom Connection, Brigette Lemos-Norman, author of Step In The Blender and Brenda Ockun, founder of StepMom Magazine.
Continue readingOn March 23, Meredith and I participated in a teleclass with Laura Campbell, founder of the D-Spot community for divorced/divorcing women. If you didn’t get a chance to join us live, you can listen here. The recording is just under an hour long.
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