Fraser observes a rise in disputed wills involving blended families, a family where children come from different parental backgrounds, making them either half- or step-siblings. In part, she says, due ...

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Ever wonder how stepmothers in Japan feel? Or what rights stepfamilies have across Europe? Not surprisingly, it's complicated. Despite efforts by scholars around the globe, the international portrait ...

What do you do when your social battery runs out? Do you push on and force yourself to continue to socialize, or do you bow out and go home? It gets more complicated with you’re a teen with your ...

To have a healthy and happy stepfamily you must know the importance of boundaries. Stepfamilies are difficult and many fail, often because the children don’t get along at all. The children may not ...

It’s funny how some families blend so naturally while others seem to never quite fit together. So, what would you do if your stepfamily expected you to see them as your own, even though you never ...

There are more than 22 million stepfamilies in America, and each one comes with its own set of challenges in combining different attitudes and lifestyles. Psychotherapist and family mediator M. Gary ...

Ever feel there should be a medal of honor for hanging on to your marriage while raising step-kids? It's not easy to form a remarried family when one or both of you has a child. Some of my colleagues ...

Growing up is hard enough as it is, but for teens whose parents have separated or divorced, life brings a whole new set of challenges. How can young people handle difficulties such as dividing their ...

Here’s a not-so-uncommon predicament: A divorced man with kids marries a woman who also has children. At the wedding, their respective constellations of relatives — siblings, parents — get to know one ...

Charlize Theron's wicked stepmother in "Snow White and The Huntsman," the most recent take on the classic fairy tale, stays true to the stereotype's evil roots. (Universal Pictures) I'll never forget ...