Stepchildren are often the main focus of a stepfamily.  Natural parents and stepparents will go to great lengths to accommodate the needs and desires of the children.  This is understandable, because they want the children to quickly settle into the new family arrangement and to feel secure and wanted. But what about stepmothers?

In your journal or blog, you first need to list and identify all persons, places, and things with whom you are a ``fixer''...

Over the years, many parents in blended families have come to me to talk about the subject of disrespect...

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