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Creating Good-Enough Holidays with Step-teens

by Peter Gerlach
tree". . . . As your holiday experiences accumulate over the years, the awkwardness of having a stepfamily will begin to fade. Make creating "good-enough" holidays your goal together instead of trying to re-create that "perfect' holiday you once shared with your former biofamily (or wished you did). . . ." Full Text >>>


Stepfamilies and Holidays

by Judy Osborne
tree"Holidays are like stepfamilies - a little fantasy, a little pretending, some panic and the new reality that we create. The public notion is that the holiday season is peaceful, loving and joyous. And if it's not peaceful, loving and joyous, we end up thinking, 'There must be something wrong with me.'

"Because stepfamilies are formed after a loss - usually a divorce or a death - no matter what else the holiday means to the new family, someone has lost the way it used to be. And one can't avoid the fact that one has either half as many family members to celebrate with - or twice as many. . . ." Full Text >>>


One Stepmother's Reflections on the Holidays

by Mary Hayes, Ph.D.

Many stepmothers find the holiday season to be the most stressful time of their year. The holiday season is just around the corner, whether or not we're ready for it.

Mary Hayes, a sociology professor and stepmother of adult children, writes in this essay, "....A few years ago following our first holiday season together as a new merging unit, I had jokingly said that the following year I planned to leave town before Thanksgiving and that I would return after the new year began...." Full Text >>>


 Member of the Week 

Congratulations to queenofeverything, our member of the week!

queenofeverything or, as we're known to call her in a legal panic, QOE, is one of SWC.Net's most active moderators, co-moderating the Family Law, Legal Reform, Child Support, 911, and Glamourpuss forums.

She's sharp and funny, with a wit and passion that's been known to occasionally get her in trouble. She's one of our favorite people and SecondWivesClub.Net just wouldn't be nearly as fun without her.

queenofeverything and her husband are non-custodial parents to his son, who lives in another state. They have a baby boy together; he's one year old now.






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