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• This is your Christmas

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 142
    Whether you are five years old or have five grand children, either way, this is your Christmas. Whether you are surrounded by the ones you love on this day or you have hollowed a hole in your heart for someone who is missing, either way, this is your Christmas. Whether you have just tied the knot or you ...
  1 day ago

• BLENDED FAMILY HOLIDAY TRADITIONS

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 120
  I kept hoping this year’s Christmas would go off without a hitch. I really thought that we had finally worked out all the kinks. But no. There always seems to be something or someone who screws up the works. As you might expect, blended family holidays, particularly Christmas, can be fraught with thwarted ...
  5 days ago

• Ghetto Gingerbread House

  
  Kweenmama's Kastle — Authority: 117
  Last night we had our first combined young women activity with me at the helm as the new Young Women’s President.  We had a mother/daughter gingerbread activity in which each girl and her mom (or other invited guest) got to build and decorate their very own gingerbread house. There were traditional houses using ...
  1 week ago

• Public Speaking and The Holidays

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 142
  The Holidays are a time to celebrate the many joys of the season and to enjoy the company of those you cherish. In addition to my wonderful family, relatives and friends, I am grateful for my colleagues and clients and the many new connections that I’ve made this year through my blog.   So I’d like to ...
  1 week ago

• Flexible Holiday Schedule Helps Reduce Family Anxiety

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 581
  For many, the holiday season is different from years past as divorce and life choices have changed the family structure. Accordingly, the holidays can become an anxious time of the year unless parents and relatives adopt a flexible, open mindset. Stepfamilies that close themselves off emotionally and hold rigidly ...
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• Ask Yourself This Question: What Does Your Child Need from You Right Now?

  
  EmpoweringParents.com — Authority: 115
  I read some wonderful research years ago (which I would credit if I could remember the author), that said parenting is so tough because you have to first create the idea in your child’s head that “Mommy and I are one” (sorry, child-rearing guys!), to give your child a sense of safety, and then, as the child ...
  1 week ago

• TRIMMING THE TREE

  
  Carol Shwanda — Authority: 120
  We got our Christmas tree on Saturday. The kids had been looking forward to it all week. We had such a wonderful time picking it out.  This is our fourth Christmas together as a blended family. It has really become quite a joy to watch the children cherish their new family traditions. We went to our usual ...
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• We Can Pull it Off!

  
  Kweenmama's Kastle — Authority: 117
  I have received a last-minute request from the Bishop of our ward to do a service for a family in need.  The Bishop would like the Young Women’s organization to provide Christmas for a single mom and her two kids which are an 18-month-old baby and a 16-year-old daughter.  Items requested are clothes for the ...
  1 week ago

• Stepfamily Sanity This Holiday Season

  
  Not Just The Kitchen — Authority: 114
  Blended Family Christmas Get out of the house. For stepmothers especially, there can be extraordinary pressure to create that Norman Rockwell aura over the holidays. By:  Wednesday Martin, Ph.D. When you think of holidays, you probably think of family. And that’s what makes holidays so tough for ...
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• Loss and Holidays

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  Holidays are a time when many children who have lost their mothers may feel forlorn. I was only four years old when I lost my mother to suicide and we rarely talked about her through the years. Growing up in a large, blended family, with the anticipation of the perfect Christmas, the rituals of caroling, stringing ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pumpkin Spice Latte & Frugalista Chic

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 142
  Ahh... the holidays are upon us... Images of sugar plums dancing in our heads while dreaming if Santa Claus will be providing us with treats (or a big fat lump of coal) under our Christmas trees. Who am I kidding?! That is what I want.. those images on the books I read to my son at bedtime. Meanwhile in the back of ...
  2 weeks ago

• When Parenting Styles Clash: Working through the Total Transformation Program

  
  EmpoweringParents.com — Authority: 115
  I began using the Total Transformation Program by James Lehman the minute it landed in my mailbox. I even opened it up in the car before driving home so that I could inspect the contents. I could not wait to begin! I perused and panned through everything. I scanned the upcoming lessons and wanted to jump through more ...
  2 weeks ago

• Traditional Christmas for a Modern Family

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Anita ThomasWith a blended family of mixed traditions the celebration of Christmas has a different meaning to all. Gloria and her son Manny celebrate with fireworks and harmless jokes. Jay her husband isn’t aware of the Columbia traditions of Christmas and feels when in America celebrate the American way. It ...
  2 weeks ago

• Before I go

  
  zilla — Authority: 106
  I promise, when I return from my trip (a short one, just a couple of days on the road) I will stop in to visit all whove visited here.Takin Beanpoles mom to a bigger city for pre-op appointments before she has part or all of her something-or-other removed and biopsied.As much as I despise attention whores on Facebook ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Hot Air Balloon, Accidental Shoplifting, and an Upside Down Christmas Tree

  
  Kweenmama's Kastle — Authority: 117
  What we saw on Thanksgiving:  As seen from our front yard. Just around the corner. **********  On Black Friday I officially became a shoplifter.  Only, I didn’t know I was a shoplifter until later that night when I was unloading our loot from the shopping bags and discovered (gasp!) that one of the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Co-Wife Conflict: Why Its Easy to Hate the "Other Woman"

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  As I researched my book Stepmonster over the last several years, I was struck by just how large ex-wives loomed in the lives of women married to men with kids--and vice versa. I didnt conduct a single interview where it didnt come up, and usually the topic was not a happy one for the women I spoke to. Indeed, they ...
  3 weeks ago

• Vitamins, Fruits, Minerals, In One Shot!!

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 142
  Recently I just had the most amazing opportunity land in my lap, I feel very blessed I was given this awesome opportunity!! The drink is fabulous I sleep better at night, my mind is clear all the time, I have more energy and stamina all the time and the best part is I no longer have to take any more pills such as ...
  3 weeks ago

• Hightlights from Black Friday

  
  Kweenmama's Kastle — Authority: 117
  Last year I took my daughters and step-daughter with me for their first-ever experience of Black Friday.  They had so much fun that they decided it had to become a tradition.  This year was a little different.  Mack had a terrible head cold and didn’t feel up to coming with us, and Juju, my step-daughter, chose ...
  3 weeks ago

• Whats the matter with Zilla? Ill tell you what.

  
  zilla — Authority: 106
  Dont ask me why I bothered to invite these messages to my inbox; I dont know. Here, though, is the daily tarot card I received on Thanksgiving morning:The King of Chalices card suggests that my power today lies in emotional availability. I inspire, protect and nurture with reliable compassion, respect, and affection. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Expert Advice For Stepmothers

  
  Not Just The Kitchen — Authority: 114
  Blended family The kids need to know that the husband and wife come first and that they are a unified team. Otherwise, the kids can split the couple apart and create tension. By:  Wednesday Martin, Ph.D. Books for stepmothers tend to perpetuate certain myths. The myth of the blended family and the myth of the ...
  3 weeks ago

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