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The Many Faces of Step-Families: Blogosphere Representin'

Poor Snow White and Cinderella suffered at the hands of wicked step-mothers, and blended family mythology has never quite recovered.  But leave it to the blogosphere to fill in the gaps with the real experiences of the divorced, remarried, and step-familied.  It turns out that the wicked stepmother isn't merely a character in the Brothers Grimm.

Suburban Turmoil describes the agony of withstanding the nasty first wives club, while Stepblog talks about what she learned in StepMom school.  Mamacita discusses the trials and tribulations of second marriages and the likelihood of their failure especially when children are involved and Momish is concerned that her swearing may rub off on her step-daughters.

Lisa Stone, co-founder of Blogher, describes divorce and remarriage when kids are involved as having emotional "stretchmarks" and she's right.  Those of us who attempt to keep our families together as they disintegrate and then reform, face a universal parenting / step-parenting challenge.  Do you have any favorite blended family blogs that should be on this list?


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Comments

 

stepblog said:

Thanks for the shout out!

February 9, 2007 8:53 AM
 

Lisa Stone said:

Honored to be on this list of fantastic posts about our daily reality. :)

When Elisa Camahort, Jory Des Jardins and I co-founded BlogHer, we were hoping to deliver alternative perspectives on women's lives. Nice to see Babble doing such a fantastic job of that too.

Best,

Lisa

February 9, 2007 8:58 AM
 

Mamacita said:

Thank you for mentioning me.  We are in transition this year to "step." And I thought TEENAGERS were difficult...

February 9, 2007 11:38 PM

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