In this interview, on being a stepmother, Jenna Korf answers some really important and common questions about what’s it’s like stepping into the role of stepmom. Jenna Korf is the leading stepmom coach in Upstate New York. She is co-author of the book,
It is challenging blending families together and merging holiday traditions. Some families have Christmas Eve as the main celebration and for others it is the following day. The holidays turn into a juggling act – spending a chunk of it on the
In my last article, Stepparenting from the step-child’s perspective, I shared a perspective on the loss and grief of a child going through their parent’s divorce and what those behaviours look like. An important piece to keep in mind about the grief cycle
Here at The Divorce Magazine thought gathering some great stepmom quotes would be a good idea. Having said that there are a couple that are stepparenting quotes as opposed to stepmom quotes only. Do you have some that you think we should know
We all can agree that step-parenting is hard. And sometimes we have a really hard time loving the stepkids or even liking them. But I want to shed a little light on loss and grief for kids. This may partially explain why
She isn’t playing house with your child and your ex-husband. Stepmoms are trying to build their own family, a very real family that includes their husband, and children who aren’t theirs. Some of them will grow to love their stepchildren and some
A few weeks ago I attended a silent auction fundraiser with two lovely ladies who also happen to be stepmoms (yes, we ARE everywhere). Conversation moved easily from work to travel to husbands to how much we spend on our hair. Toward
Sometimes, as stepmoms, we can get lost in the day-to-day… schedules, pick-ups, drop-offs, what’s for dinner, money, bonding with the stepkids, making date night with the hubby, the “who-is-going-to-be-where-and-when”. And when we get lost, it helps to have a few simple tips
Parents often do not realize what a step-parent’s role is and cast them into other unwanted ones. Two step-parents resented their assigned positions of negotiator and grief counsellor. Some step-parents said that they are a family friend to the children and not
When entering an already established family with children, remember the children may be very sensitive to their Mother or Father dating. Children have gone through a very traumatic experience and the thought of someone coming into their home to replace the absent
Parental alienation exists in the world of step-parents too and is commonly known as step-parent alienation. These step-parents can get a double dose of it from either biological parent. Parental Alienation is when a parent makes disparaging remarks about the other one. The attacking
How did you come up with the idea? What was the trigger? I always make up stories and rhymes with and for the children, which they love. The trigger was the attitude I sometimes faced from other parents when collecting the children
