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• THE PACKAGE DEAL

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 123
  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 days ago

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

  
  DR. Romance Blog — Authority: 117
  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 days ago

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

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 819
  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 ...
  6 days ago

• BLENDED FAMILY DISCIPLINE

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 123
  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 .
  6 days 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 ...
  6 days ago

• ONE OR NONE

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 123
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Welcome to The Nine States

  
  Mom Zombie — Authority: 413
  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 ...
  1 week ago

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

  
  The Dads Center — Authority: 91
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• IT ONLY TOOK FIVE YEARS

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 123
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• CALLING ALL MOMS AND STEPMOMS

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 123
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• THE GUILT TRIP CASSEROLE

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 123
  The NY Times just recently published an article about family dinners and a study that said teens who eat with their families less than three times a week are more susceptible to drug and other substance abuse.  The article was called The Guilt Trip Casserole and is causing a public outcry in the mom blogosphere. ...
  2 weeks ago

• HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 123
  Wednesday was my birthday. I am now 48. I wish I could say it was a fun, special day, but it really wasn’t. Paul was in L.A. on business and if he had been around I think things would have been  a lot different. It started off just like any other day. I emptied the dishwasher, cooked breakfast and folded ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dear Love Isn’t Enough: My partner’s child makes racist comments

  
  Anti-Racist Parent — Authority: 423
  Dear Love Isn’t Enough, I am a young, black woman in a relationship with a white man who’s had a child with a Chinese woman. His five-year-old son is so cute on pictures, but not in person. Aside from his turbulent ways, which I can tolerate because he’s a highly-energetic little boy, he has come to ...
  3 weeks ago

• GANG VIOLENCE

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 123
  My heart is breaking for the family and friends of a 16-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed Friday night by gang members. The incident happened in downtown Santa Cruz. The boy attended the same middle school and high school as my daughter Sophia ,who is also 16. He sat in front of her in Spanish class last year and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Who You Callin’ Blended?

  
  Not Just The Kitchen — Authority: 113
  Blended Family What stepfamilies themselves, as well as the best family therapists, have known for years, is that the standard of blending is just plain wrong. By: Wednesday Martin, Ph.D. The media is in love with the term “blended family.” From USA Today to Star magazine to the New York Times, ...
  3 weeks ago

• THE NEGLECTED MIDDLE CHILD

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 123
  As I have mentioned before, I grew up in a family with five kids. My ex-husband was one of six and Paul, my current husband, was the second youngest of seven. I did not have the good fortune of meeting Paul’s mother. She died several years before I met him. But her memory lives on in the stories I hear from his ...
  4 weeks ago

• MARK TURNS 16!!!

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 123
  Mark turned 16 this past week and we had a family celebration at our house. Paul’s ex, Susie, brought the cake and ice cream. I ordered the sushi at Mark’s request. Susie and I planned the party together in advance, which is what we have been doing now for the past three years, since Mark’s 13th birthday, when ...
  4 weeks ago

• GREG NORMAN AND CHRIS EVERT CALL IT QUITS AFTER 15 MONTHS OF MARRIAGE

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 123
  Being the celebrity gossip monger that I am, I couldn’t help but search the Internet for reasons why the Norman/Evert marriage didn’t work out. According to an article published in People magazine, the main reason was problems with the couple’s blended family of five children. Evert has three teenage sons with ...
  4 weeks ago

• TRIMMING EXPENSES

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 123
  Everywhere I go in my house, even in my car, I can look down at any given moment and see an orthodontic rubber band. You know those little 1/4 inch bands that most kids with braces have to wear at some point? With five kids in braces, we have a lot of those things lying around. Each time I find one, I can’t help but ...
  4 weeks ago

• On Blended Family Knees; Good shall overcome evil

  
  The Dads Center — Authority: 91
  Someone asked me the other day what my favorite step-family movie was.  My answer?  I dont know of one that accurately portrays what really happens when you try to mix the two.  Three and a half years ago, Kari and I were married.  We set out on this journey with my three girls and her three sons and a daughter ...
  8 weeks ago

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