Wednesday Martin » stepparent http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog Official Blog for the Author of Stepmonster Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:17:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Tell Me About It–Top Ten Concerns of Stepparents Addressed http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog/2010/03/tell-me-about-it-top-ten-concerns-of-stepparents-addressed/ http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog/2010/03/tell-me-about-it-top-ten-concerns-of-stepparents-addressed/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:06:52 +0000 admin http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog/?p=834
And the top ten concerns of stepmothers are...

And the top ten concerns of stepmothers are...


Over the months, many of you have written me about your concerns as women with stepchildren. I’d like to list and address the top ten–so I need your help. What’s on your list of top concerns? Here are some ideas from all of you so far (not in any order)…

Top Concerns of Women with Stepchildren…
-My stepkids don’t like me
-I don’t like my stepkids
-My stepkids and my kids don’t get along (or, what can I do to make life with stepsiblings easier for my kids?)
-I feel like an Outsider in my own home/ I feel less than an equal partner with my spouse/partner (my partner puts his kids first and our marriage last)
-Stepfamily tensions are taking over my life/my marriage
-I feel jealous of my stepkids/my husband’s ex
-Finances (child support, husband paying above and beyond child support, not enough money, etc.)

What are your top concerns?

]]> http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog/2010/03/tell-me-about-it-top-ten-concerns-of-stepparents-addressed/feed/ 41 Stepmonster in the New York Times http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog/2009/12/stepmonster-in-the-new-york-times/ http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog/2009/12/stepmonster-in-the-new-york-times/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:02:37 +0000 admin http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog/?p=746
The very public return of Sean Goldman to his father David Goldman (Sean is pictured with his Brazilian stepfather, Joao Paulo Lins e Silva

The very public return of Sean Goldman to his father David Goldman (Sean is pictured with his Brazilian stepfather, Joao Paulo Lins e Silva


New York Times reporter and blogger Lisa Belkin based her Motherlode column today on a piece I recently wrote for Psychology Today about Sean Goldman (the 9-year-old boy who was recently reunited with his father after his mother moved with him to Brazil in 2004). Please have a read and leave a comment on the NYTimes or Psychology Today website. Thanks!

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