I first met my step-father when I was five, and my brothers were eleven and thirteen. He was not my step-father back then, of course, and would not officially marry my mother for another seven years, ...

Gwyneth Paltrow may look like she has it together all the time, but she's just like the rest of us, at least when it comes to parenting — or really, step-parenting. If parenting is challenging (and we ...

Before I became a certified step-parenting coach, I myself was a stepmom drowning in a role I didn't know how to play. As a new stepmom, I was incredibly optimistic about our future as a blended ...

“I got that right when we got engaged,” she said. “It’s been incredibly helpful for me and also just understanding my role as a step-parent.” She added, “Step-parenting, like parenting, has no ...

Katherine Schwarzenegger knows just how hard step-parenting can be. During a July 15 appearance on the podcast “Parenting & You With Dr. Shefali,” Schwarzenegger revealed that she began working with a ...

With divorce rates at about 50 percent and climbing, it isn’t really a shocker that one in three Americans are living the stepfamily and blended family experience. So, is this new family dynamic in ...