Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an RN-Attorney with significant experience in both professions. Sometimes money and the need to care for aging parents can ...

Denyse Richter remembers one little boy she helped through her Step Up Parents organization. He wanted to play basketball. When she and her staff ascertained that his other needs were being met, they ...

With divorce rates at about 50 percent and climbing, it isn’t really a shocker that one in three Americans are living the stepfamily and blended family experience. So, is this new family dynamic in ...

I first met my step-father when I was five, and my brothers were eleven and thirteen. He was not my step-father back then, of course, and would not officially marry my mother for another seven years, ...

I've been a stepmom for 16 years and now coach families on how build healthy relationships. Blended families often face challenges due to grief and complex emotions, which can be overlooked. It's ...

Gwyneth Paltrow may look like she has it together all the time, but she's just like the rest of us, at least when it comes to parenting — or really, step-parenting. If parenting is challenging (and we ...

It was our first joint family Christmas, and I watched fearfully as my mum walked into the kitchen she had once called hers. The next 48 hours were full of surprises ...

Before I became a certified step-parenting coach, I myself was a stepmom drowning in a role I didn't know how to play. As a new stepmom, I was incredibly optimistic about our future as a blended ...