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 ...

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 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, ...

As part of one of the most famous blended families on the block, Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade have been extraordinarily candid about their experience navigating parenting their 3-year-old, Kaavia, ...

Fill in the blank: when it comes to disciplining their stepchildren, stepparents should _____. We asked the experts this question, and 62% agreed: stepparents should discipline their stepkids as they ...

Parenting is tough as is. Being a stepparent? Well, that comes with its own set of challenges. Not only are stepparents trying to figure out their own roles as parents and as members of a blended ...

When Beth McDonough started to tell her stepdaughter, Mia, about the woman who will be the country's next vice president, one of the first things she told Mia is that Kamala Harris has a stepdaughter ...