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Holiday

One Happy Blended Family: Celebrating the Holidays With Stepchildren

Your family could be a modern-day Brady Bunch.
Be Flexible

Your family could be a modern-day Brady Bunch. Blended families are becoming more and more common, but it can be stressful on both parents and children to find a happy balance between all parties involved. The holiday season should be fun and filled with wonderful memories to cherish for a lifetime. We asked Patricia Ryan Lampl, Ann Blumenthal Jacobs, and Tish Rabe — authors of Love For Grown-Ups: The Garter Brides' Guide to Marrying For Life When You’ve Already Got a Life ($12) — to give us their top five tips for celebrating the holidays with stepchildren. Check it out!

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Which Mama Said It?

Which actress spoke out recently about her real-life role as a stepmother:But being a parent is not about breeding.
Which actress spoke out recently about her real-life role as a stepmother:
But being a parent is not about breeding. It's about caring. And it's easy to say, but it's harder to do. When you don't have that title, you flounder and it hurts. But this is the best test of being a parent. And I just have to keep reminding myself I don't care what I get. I care what I give.

Which Mama Said It?