Blended and Step Families

Decide what family life means to you when moving in with your partner and his or her family.

Read tips on how to win over your partner's child.

Read tips on how to handle jealousy issues with your child, or your partner's child.

Ready yourself for the stepparenting role and learn how to prepare yourself for meeting your partner's children.

When coming into a new family as a stepparent, what you expect to happen and what really happens may be completely different.

Read about the typical stepparenting stereotypes.

This article provides advice on how to deal with disciplinary issues as a stepparent.

Here are 12 things parents and stepparents should not do when blending families.

This stepparenting article describes how punishments may differ from household to household

Stepparents may have to be encouraged to take charge of disciplining biological and stepchildren.

It may be necessary to get all parents and step-parents involved in counseling, if discipline between step-families becomes a problem.

Does the boy's natural mother have the ability and commitment to homeschool? The rewards are great, but homeschooling involves a serious commitment by a generous, loving parent.

This type of response to a stepparent's setting limits are a child's way of manipulating and are very normal.

You have every right to determine the rules and consequences for the time your stepson spends in your home. Those should include helping around the house, playing fairly, and managing his anger.

You may need to try family counseling if out-of-control stepchildren aren't responding to discipline.

Our expert encourages a stepmother not to discipline her stepson for things he does while at his mom's home.

Find out how best to deal with the other parent of your significant other's child.

Gather advice on how to handle a defiant stepson.