Blended and Step Families

As a stepparent, learn how to communicate more effectively with your stepchildren.

Find tips on working with your partner to parent a teenager successfully.

These tips may change your outlook on living with and parenting a teenager.

Learn how to deal with the different personalities in your new household.

Stepparents can read tips on how to become close with their stepchildren.

Establishing guidelines will make your household run more smoothly.

Here are helpful suggestions for a new stepparent who is joining an established household.

As a stepparent in a newly combined family, there are advantages to finding a new house for your new family to live in.

Learn how to deal with having stepchildren in the picture full-time.

Learn how to bring your children and your partner's children together as smoothly as possible.

Get stepparenting tips on dealing with shared or joint custody.

As a stepparent, it's important to have a balance between family time with your children and privacy time with your partner.

Learn some good ways to spend time and bond with your stepchildren.

Find tips on how to address and introduce stepparents and stepchildren.

Learn how to define yourself as a parent to your new stepchildren.

Read tips on how you and your partner can bring your family closer.

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.