Tag Archives: stepparenting

What You’ve Always Wanted to Know about Stepparenting (But Didn’t Want to Ask)

I’m a mom to five amazing kids – three biological, and two step. I love being a mom to all…

The Privilege of Stepparenting

To my stepson, on his 10th birthday My son Ferris turns 10 today — our oldest child and our first…

Why I’ve Stopped Saying “Step”

I’ve always been completely comfortable with my stepkids calling me “Katie.” It’s my name. And they have another woman they…

What I Learned When My Whole Family Contracted Lice

Lice hit our family hard – but brought us closer together.  A few days after returning from a pretty satisfying…

5 Stepparenting Truths

Stepparents like to say that they love their stepkids in the same way that they love their biological kids, but…