Here are the five rudest things people say to stepparents — and why they miss the mark. This is often said with wide-eyed awe ...

It's a reality today that about half of all marriages end in divorce and three out of every four people who get divorced will marry again. This means millions of new stepfamilies are formed each year.

Being a parent is hard, but being a stepparent can be even harder. Here's how you can build an amazing relationship with your stepchild. In 2002, at the age of 30, Mollie H. married her now-husband, ...

When in a new relationship as a single parent, it’s easy to stress about how your kids will the handle the news. Will they enjoy the company of the new face at the dinner table? Or will they shut down ...

Adapted from a recent online discussion. Dear Carolyn: I have been with my partner and her two children, 13 and 11, for three years. We recently bought a house together. The 13-year-old daughter has ...

The author is a stepmom to her husband Chris Pratt's 13-year-old son Jack with ex Anna Faris Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt is opening up to PEOPLE about her role as a ...

The post Stepmom Arranges Family Photoshoot For Her Family, But She Doesn’t Want To Share The Photos With Her Stepdaughters’ ...

The Brady Bunch brought us a portrait of the perfect blended family. Both Mike and Carol Brady seemed able to dispense advice and discipline. Their authority over all the kids seemed so firm that at ...

When Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow threw the concept of 'Conscious Uncoupling' out there over a decade ago, it sparked a movement around breaking up with grace for the sake of the kids. Since then, ...