I decided to post another story this week about a stepmom meeting her step kids for the first time. This story is from my book’s first chapter, “A New Beginning”. I appreciated how open and vulnerable these women were. They shared stories that did not …

Were you nervous? Excited? Scared? A little of all of those feelings? I’d love for you to share how you felt before meeting your step kids. I know it can be daunting! I thought I’d be just fine with meeting my now step kids. I …

Mother’s Day can be sad and painful for stepmoms. We hope the kids we are helping to raise will acknowledge us, even though we know we are not their “real” moms, but they often don’t. Because this day can be so emotional, I devoted a …

A stepmom I interviewed for my book, Stepping into a New Role, Stories from Stepmoms, shared a powerful story with me that I’d like to share with you. It broke my heart. I just wanted to give her a big hug.  My heart went out …

When my stepson came home from school with a new haircut, I didn’t like the way it looked, and I said so, in not the nicest way. “Oh! You got your haircut! Do you like it?” He said, “No!” Then I said, “Yeah, what did …

I agree with every single one of these… Luckily, my husband has been quite good at supporting me and being patient as I grew into the role of stepmom to his children…  🙂 Here are 10 things to remember as you support your wife as …

About a year ago, I was asked to write a blog for Stepmoms on a Mission (smoms.org) about what I would have done differently in my early years as a stepmom. When I thought back over the past 10 years, I was happy to discover that …

Easter has always been one of my favorite holidays. I’m not sure why, exactly. It wasn’t as if it was a big family holiday in my childhood. We usually went out for a big breakfast or a brunch, but other than that there wasn’t too …

Check out my first guest blog post at: http://www.janetkbrown.com/…/stories-for-stepmoms-with-shaw…

It’s not often that I find articles or books about step-parenting, just as there are few TV shows that depict step-parents, and there are few movies as well. So, when this article appeared on the website: onlineparentingcoach.com, I was thrilled. I was thrilled initially just because …