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Beginning a Stepfamily

First-hand experience and advice to help new or soon-to-be stepparents.

15 Tips for Stepfamilies
Quick guidelines to help parents and children adjust to stepfamily life.

A Nontraditional Family's Recipe for Failure
To avoid cooking up a recipe for failure, nontraditional parents must leave out the bitter ingredient of false expectations. From Stepfamily Australia.

Answers,Tools and 12 Co-Parent Projects
Projects and worksheets for parents to learn about themselves and how to best co-parent the children. From Stepfamily inFormation.

Building a Better Stepfamily
Some starter tips for new stepfamilies that can help even those with experience.

Do's & Don'ts - Dedicated To Successful Stepfamilies!
Quick guide of what to do and what not to do for your stepfamily's health. From the Second Wives Club (free registration required).

Eight Ways to Help Build a Healthy Stepfamily
A guideline of the basics in a new stepfamily. From ParentsPlace.

Making Healthy Stepfamilies
A guide for new stepparents and advice from other stepparents.

Myths and Facts about Stepparenting
Five facts that are sometimes misunderstood by new stepparents. From the Second Wives Club. (Requires free registration.)

Myths and Realities of Stepfamily Life
Six myths and the truth about them concerning stepfamilies. From the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Stepfamily Association of America.

New Stepparent -- Now What?
Here is a guide to planning, discipline, rules for the blended home and more. From CyberParent.

Practice the Principles of Good Stepparenting
Eleven principles to help stepparents practice effective stepparenting.

Recognizing Problems and Seeking Help
How to recognize stepfamily problems and what to do about them. From Family Management.

Stepfamilies: Fact and Fiction
Some on-target reality for the expectations that many new stepparents have. From RaisingKids.com.

Supporting Stepfamilies
This is an article on learning how to make the stepfamily work, myths and expectations, family boundaries and success. From the University of Nebraska.

Ten Commandments for Stepparents
Guidelines to help with understanding some of the conflicts and stresses faced by stepparents.

Well, What Did You Expect?
Stepparents do have a right to reasonable expectations. Read what other stepmoms have expected and found in their marriages. (Requires free registration.)

Worksheet: Common Stepfamily Expectations
A worksheet for both parents to complete and then compare with stepfamily realities. From Stepfamily inFormation.

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