Category Archives: Celebrities

The #Oscars – Stepmom Style!

Let’s do the Oscars, Stepmom Style!  Let’s take a look at this year’s best picture nominees and analyze them from a stepmother’s point of view. Nominees for best picture are: Lincoln Silver Linings Playbook Life of Pi Beasts of the Southern Wild Amour Lincoln should be an old-fashioned favorite for any stepmother worth their salt. Continue Reading

Stepmothers, Don’t You Think We Need a Stepmom Pageant?

As I was watching the #SAG Awards last night, I realized that I am now on my second awards show for actors.  (The Golden Globes were two weeks ago.)  And, I still have the main, big daddy of them all coming up, The Academy Awards.  In addition, there was the Miss America Pageant a fewContinue Reading

A Step Family’s View in Review: Olympic Love, Celebrity Arguments and Tragedy in Connecticut

The Step Family 2012 Year in Review is a study of love, traditional step family frustrations and a lesson in step family perspective.  Three events come to mind. The Olympics where we all witnessed the deep devotion and love of a stepfather for his son. The gossip between Brandi Glanville and LeAnn Rimes continued.  BothContinue Reading

Stepmother Help- NEVER DO THIS! EVER! – to yourself, your stepchildren or the Ex

Never do this. Period. The current Mrs. Kelsey Grammer, Kayte Grammer) dressed up as the ex Mrs. Kelsey Grammer for Halloween.  Thanks!  This is just the type of public relations all of us stepmothers need.  Damn! Hey, Kelsey and Kayte,  your costumes are not funny and shows such disrespect that I barely know where toContinue Reading

The Step Parent #Olympics: I Feel as if I Will Never Win!-Stepmother Help

When we watch the #Olympics, we focus on the medal winners.  When you think about it, most of the athletes train just as hard and sacrifice just as hard as the medal winners.  But, they don’t win a medal.  Do you think they feel like losers or do they feel honored to have participated inContinue Reading

#KathieHolmes and #TomCruise Divorcing. Wonder do the #StepKids Fit In? – Stepmom Advice

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise are calling it quits.  According to People, “This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family,” Wolfe told People. “Katie’s primary concern remains, as it always has been, her daughter’s best interest.” Did Katie forget that she has two stepchildren? It will probably takes years to divideContinue Reading

An Homage to Our Heroes: LeAnn Rimes and Brandi Glanville Help the Stepmom

I watched The View last Friday.  One of their lead stories was about Brandi Glanville, first wife and bio mom to the children of Eddie Cibrian, the actor.  Eddie is now married to singer, LeAnn Rimes.  In an article in Australia’s NW HQ magazine, Brandi describes the first time she saw LeAnn and her ex-husband at herContinue Reading

Stepchildren: Because I Knew You, I Have Been Changed For Good

Stepchildren come into our life for a reason.  This touching rendition of I Have Been Changed from the play, #Wicked, speaks volumes for all of us stepmoms and our stepchildren.  It truly speaks to how lucky we are to have our stepchildren.  It is a tribute to forgiveness, love and family. Although the video isContinue Reading

#GregSmith’s: Why I Left Goldman Sachs-A View from The Evil Stepmother

A great parental moment happened yesterday.  Did you see the op ed piece in the New York Times?  It was a piece written by Greg Smith called Why I Left Goldman Sachs.  After working at Goldman Sachs for 12 years, Mr. Smith explains why he has decided to leave the firm.  He said, “To putContinue Reading

Stepmoms, Maybe Our Time Has Come – The Evil Stepmother Speaks

Enough is enough.  By now, you have heard the story about #SusanFluke, a third year Georgetown University law student who testified before Congress.  Ms. Fluke was in favor of health plans paying for contraception medication, especially because they are used to treat medical conditions, not just for contraception.  #RushLimbaugh responded with a 3-day rant callingContinue Reading