Aug 29, 2022When To Let Go? The Burning Question For Divorced Dads Is How To Hang On.Many divorced dads live life walking the razor’s edge with children who are so confused and emotionally blackmailed, they can’t recognize real love when it looks them straight in the face. These guys are surrounded with well meaning friends and family, not to mention internet experts, telling them how to…Parental Alienation4 min readParental Alienation4 min read
Aug 8, 2022A Divorced Father’s Bill Of Rightsby Tracy Poizner for UnDeletableDad.com You have the right to protect your child’s rights at all times. You don’t need permission to be the champion of your child’s physical, mental, emotional or spiritual development. You have the right to meet or exceed your natural responsibilities as a father. …Fathers Rights2 min readFathers Rights2 min read
Apr 11, 2021Understanding Loneliness from A Stepmom’s Perspective211Claudette Chenevert - The Stepmom CoachLove this!Love this! So well stated - even though I have a wonderful relationship with my stepkids and my husband is around all the time, I can still relate!1 min read1 min read
Feb 20, 2021Watch out, stepmom — it’s a setup!Here’s the most common refrain I hear from women after they’ve hooked up with a single dad: “Yeah, it was all great for a while, but it’s becoming more and more clear that my husband (my boyfriend, my fiancé, my partner) wants me to be a ‘mother figure’ for his…Stepmom5 min readStepmom5 min read
Jun 19, 2020For Crying Out Loud: Here’s What’s Behind That Sweet Stepdad Commercial.You probably saw it on Father’s Day last year. It’s a 3-minute, 3-hanky commercial about 3 stepdads and how much they are loved by their now adult step kids. Heck, I cried myself! It’s beautiful and emotional, and a completely wonderful thing for a beer company to do. …Stepmom4 min readStepmom4 min read
May 6, 2020The Truth About Mother’s Day Will Make You CrySpoiler alert: Mother’s Day is a made up holiday. We’ve been duped about Mother’s Day. It was the creation of one grateful daughter in celebration of her own special mother and when you learn who this mother was and what she did, you’re going to slap your forehead and wonder how it’s possible you didn’t know her story before! …Stepmom4 min readStepmom4 min read
Apr 30, 2020Essentials of Self-Care for the Stepmom: 5 Tips Curated From My Biggest Idols!I find myself constantly fan-girling my favourite authors and podcast hosts on my own podcast and in my blog posts about The Womanly Art of Raising Someone Else’s Kids. …Self Care6 min readSelf Care6 min read
Mar 19, 2020What happens to stepkids during a pandemic crisis?These are crazy times. There’s no playbook for this. We all have some very difficult choices to make, possibly none more emotionally difficult than those of divorced parents whose kids regularly move between households. The ‘modern family’ is an epidemiological nightmare. There are about 15 million step-families in the U.S…Custody4 min readCustody4 min read
Feb 12, 2020The Four-Minute Stepfamily: Here’s How To Smash The Happiness BarrierMost stepmoms will tell you that this role is the hardest thing they’ve ever done in their life. Most re-partnered dads feel they can’t win no matter what they do, almost all of the time. Most stepkids are choking on loyalty and alienation, or dizzy from constant transition and uncertainty…Stepmom4 min readStepmom4 min read
Jul 22, 2019I Came Back From Stepmom Burnout And So Can You.I’ve been a new mom, a single mom, a re-partnered mom and a stepmom. Nothing about parenting is easy, but the challenges of step-parenting seem light years harder than anything I experienced with my own child. For one thing, before step-parenting, I felt in control of the problems and the…Parenting7 min readParenting7 min read