Blended family

10 books to help kids understand divorce and separation

10 books to help kids understand divorce and separation

These books about divorce can help your child work through the feelings and questions that come with big changes in your family structure.

Rebecca Weigand

Why I love it when my kids fight

Why I love it when my kids fight

All of us were (theoretically) gung-ho about trying out the so-called “blended family” thing. I imagined it was going to be like a box of cake mix: just add the ingredients, stir and voila—Instant Family! I was blissfully delusional.

Kristy Woudstra

I took my Daughter on a Black History Road Trip

I took my Daughter on a Black History Road Trip

Knowledge is power, and sometimes it takes more than just love for a white mom to prepare her Black teen daughter for the world we live in.

Sylvia Kyle

When your blended family just won’t blend

When your blended family just won’t blend

Creating a cohesive stepfamily takes work when you both have kids. Here are the most common hurdles and solutions for blended families.

Caitlin Crawshaw

Why adopted kids need to know where they came from

Why adopted kids need to know where they came from

Having a sense of history can be enormously powerful for adopted kids. There’s a wide range of what an open adoption can look like.

Angie Gallop

How helping my husband discover he’s gay helped me let go

How helping my husband discover he’s gay helped me let go

One thing I never thought I’d do with my husband? Help him write an ad for a new same-sex partner. It made me realize the incredible stretchiness of love.

Janine Cole

My mother-in-law admitted she doesn’t love all the grandkids in our blended family equally

My mother-in-law admitted she doesn’t love all the grandkids in our blended family equally

In Rebecca Eckler's new book, "Blissfully Blended Bullsh*t," (out May 25) she wonders, “Is love always equal in a blended family?”

Rebecca Eckler

Step-children: How to parent beyond the stereotype

Step-children: How to parent beyond the stereotype

Here are some tips for being an engaged and committed step parent—no matter what the fairy tales say!

Stan Byrne

25 moments from ‘This Is Us’ that had us ugly crying

25 moments from ‘This Is Us’ that had us ugly crying

If you aren't wiping your tears and snot on your sleeve after watching This Is Us, you're doing it wrong.

Valerie Howes

How could I become a stepmom when I don’t even speak the same language as my partner’s kids?

How could I become a stepmom when I don’t even speak the same language as my partner’s kids?

Becoming a step-parent is hard enough. But I couldn’t even read them a bedtime story, and I was scared that we wouldn't be able to make it work.

Jeanie Keogh

Ann Kaplan Mulholland: “I gave birth on a Friday and went back to work on Monday”

Ann Kaplan Mulholland: “I gave birth on a Friday and went back to work on Monday”

The Real Housewives of Toronto star and mother of eight made hard sacrifices to become a self-made millionaire.

Ryan Porter

Meet Rudy: Sesame Street's new muppet is Abby Cadabby's stepbrother

Meet Rudy: Sesame Street's new muppet is Abby Cadabby's stepbrother

A new monster has come to Sesame Street, and he's here to teach kids all about blended families.

Kevin John Siazon

What makes a "real" mom?

What makes a "real" mom?

I have an adopted daughter and a step-son. Don’t you dare tell me I’m not a real mom.

Jackie Gillard

16 touching holiday commercials that are giving us all the feels

16 touching holiday commercials that are giving us all the feels

Jessica Spera

Disney's Doc McStuffins will feature adoption storyline

Disney's Doc McStuffins will feature adoption storyline

There's a sweet new addition coming to the Doc McStuffins clan.

Today's Parent

Parents surprise kids with adopted baby brother under the Christmas tree

Parents surprise kids with adopted baby brother under the Christmas tree

Sorry Santa, but you can't top this gift.

Emily Rivas

5 ways for stepfamilies to keep their sanity over the holidays

5 ways for stepfamilies to keep their sanity over the holidays

Something as simple as a gift with good intentions has the potential to create hurt feelings, misunderstandings.

Jackie Gillard

Blended families: Don't call my family broken

Blended families: Don't call my family broken

Today is National Stepfamilies Day in the US, but the discussion on blended families has reached Canada with the new Honey Maid #NotBroken campaign.

Emma Waverman

Real-life portraits of the modern family

Real-life portraits of the modern family

Snapshots and interviews from modern Canadian families raising kids, balancing careers and making it work, from Nova Scotia to British Columbia and back.

Karen Robock

Why blended families can be best

Why blended families can be best

Our new Pregnant Pause blogger, Tenille Bonoguore, introduces her blended family, and opens up about her experience with IVF and pregnancy with twins.

Tenille Bonoguore