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• On Being A Mommy Bear Vs. Step-Mommy Bear.

  
  Rock And Drool — Authority: 128
  I am a mommy. I am a step-mommy. For both those positions, I am employed full time with major overtime. Overworked. Underpaid. And going gray. I take my work VERY seriously. I think I’m doing a pretty darn good job on both accounts. It’s not so easy though. Either one of those positions I’ve filled. ...
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• IAN RETURNS

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 122
  Ian is on the left Ian, our rock star tenant who has been on tour the last 2 1/2 months, just returned home. His band is called Dirty Penny and he is an up and coming star. We love Ian.  Ian, aka, Johnny Prince, which is  his stage name, is like family to us. He lives in an apartment on our property and he is ...
  4 days ago

• HAPPY THANKSGIVING

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 122
  I got a lovely thank you email today from a woman, a stepmom to a 5 year old boy, whom I will call SR. She wanted to tell me how much she appreciated reading my blog and how much it helped her. I want to say thank you in return, not only to her for being one of my loyal readers, but to everyone else who tunes in on a ...
  6 days ago

• YOU’RE SOOOO LUCKY

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 122
  These past few days Eva has had her friends over for various activities. There was the soccer party on Saturday and then on Sunday I taught a craft class in my art studio for a bunch of Eva’s friends. On both occasions I got to eavesdrop on the girls’ conversations as if I were a fly on the wall and they had ...
  6 days ago

• Blending families

  
  Family Times — Authority: 129
  The idea of family is a rapidly evolving concept in today’s society.  According to the Cambridge dictionary, family is “a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and their children”. The reality, at grass roots, is very different. Cambridge encapsulates the ideal that most ...
  1 week ago

• 7 Holiday Stress Busters for Kids

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  Although holiday time means presents and no school for most American kids, it can also be a stressful time —particularly in families facing financial challenges, in split or blended families, and in families where a loved one has recently passed away. One of the first steps for parents is to realize how much ...
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• Tips for Helping Your "Blended Family" Blend Better

  
  Straight from the Heart by Mommy Elvz — Authority: 122
  Outside of the land of television and movies, so-called “blended families” face tremendous challenges. Whereas Hollywood can help their “make-believe” families “blend” rather nicely, real life isn’t always so kind. When a couple remarries and there are children involved, it’s crucial for this new ...
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• BOWLING WITHOUT BUMPERS

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 122
  Last week when the kids had off from school for Veteran’s Day, I took them bowling at the Santa Cruz  Boardwalk Bowl , a formerly skanky joint with pervs hanging out in the bar, that it is now under new management, has been completely remodeled and is finally what it should be:  a fun, happenin’ place to take ...
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• NO MATTER WHAT

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 122
  There are moments when I look at my husband and I am staggered by the depth of love I feel for him. This overwhelming emotion is startling to me because it often follows a period when I have wanted to hit him with a frying pan. You see, our relationship, in spite of our hectic lives following the bustling activities ...
  1 week ago

• Turducken

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 122
  There are some trends or social phenomenon for which for I will never quite understand the appeal. For instance, Michael Bolton, the recent fad of bowling shoes worn as street shoes and, as I’ve said before, acid washed jeans, frizzy perms and anything having to do with Madonna. This time of year my thoughts on this ...
  2 weeks ago

• THE PACKAGE DEAL

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 122
  The Package Deal, by Izzy Rose is a wonderfully hilarious book I just discovered about a single gal with a great career living in San Francisco, who falls in love with a Southern gentleman (with two kids) and moves to Austin, Texas.  It is witting, insightful, humorous and above all– relatable. If you have ever ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dr. Romance and Charles J. Orlando weigh in on masculinity

  
  DR. Romance Blog — Authority: 115
  This week, I was asked the following question by a journalist, and thought Id invited Charles J. Orlando, author of The Problem with Women is...Men to dialogue about it. Journalist: Does it make a man less masculine if he’s too...
  3 weeks ago

• The "Wicked Stepmother": Just Another Way Of Keeping Women Down? [Bad Mommies]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 811
  The stereotype of the evil, powerful stepmother is just a caricature. But is it possible that we invented this archetype even though stepmothers are arguably the most vulnerable and disempowered members of any blended family? Psychologist Wednesday Martin thinks so . Citing research that stepmothers suffer from ...
  3 weeks ago

• BLENDED FAMILY DISCIPLINE

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 122
  As a followup to my most recent post, One or none , I wanted to share with you an article I wrote for the Examiner titled Blended family discipline .
  3 weeks ago

• Diary of a Control Freak:The Making and Unmaking of A Wicked Stepmother

  
  That Black Girl Site — Authority: 139
  I love Disney cartoons —I think it’s the child in me that watches in awe as a magical scene unfolds. I especially love “Snow White”. Such a fabulous tale about a young girl overcoming adversity and prevailing in the end—even if she did need a white knight (Prince in this instance) to save her. But, when I ...
  3 weeks ago

• ONE OR NONE

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 122
  When it came to parental discipline, my mom was kick ass. No one messed with her. Not even my 6′2″ brother or his friends who towered a foot over her. It wasn’t because she was mean or particularly authoritarian, it was simply because she meant what she said and she never backed down. Ever. And I mean, EVER. She ...
  3 weeks ago

• Welcome to The Nine States

  
  Mom Zombie — Authority: 113
  This day is steeped in tradition. In some parts of the country, it is known as Devil’s Night. Here it is called Angel’s Night. Today is our Family Day. Three years ago today we opened our arms to Girl from the East, closed them around her slight frame and haven’t let go. When we met her for the first ...
  4 weeks ago

• Giving Myself Permission To Be Me; What makes you happy?

  
  The Dads Center — Authority: 92
  Ive been in research mode, reflection mode and healing mode the past few weeks (well, months.)  Its time for some changes in my life and Ive been sorting through what they might be and what they might become.  The forces of evil have been whipping about me and my family for the duration of the summer of 2009 with ...
  4 weeks ago

• IT ONLY TOOK FIVE YEARS

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 122
  Paul and I have been together for five years, married for three and a half. During that time I would have to say that we have all successfully bonded as a family. I can honestly say that my stepkids love me like a second mother and my youngest daughter Eva has welcomed Paul into her life. The only holdout has been my ...
  4 weeks ago

• CALLING ALL MOMS AND STEPMOMS

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 122
  Want to be on Dr. Phil with AND improve your relationship with the mom or stepmom in your life? Jennifer Newcombe Marine and Carol Marine, the mom and stepmom duo who wrote No One’s the Bitch have the opportunity to be on Dr. Phil and they are looking for a mom and stepmom  who can’t stand each other, but who ...
  4 weeks ago

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