Family Relationships

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

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.

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.

As a stepparent, learn why it is important to talk with stepchildren, how to begin, and what to expect.

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.

Find tips on how to prepare your children to meet your partner's children.

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.