The Evil Stepmother Speaks
Stepmothers and MothersAre We Like the Mean Girls in High School?We Should Know Better! Have you ever felt as if your stepfamily life mirrored your high school years? Girls talking about one another? Never feeling as if you were good enought? Pretty enough? Smart enough? (Sounds like the SNL character Stuart Smalley) Life in high school was stressful. It was like you were
Stepmothers Have a Tremendous Effect on Their Stepchildren via The Pygmalion Effect Is that true? Is there nothing that you can do to affect your stepchildren’s life? If you feel powerless, I want to remind you of The Pygmalion Effect. The Pygmalion Effect is a scientifically proven phenomenon whereby the greater the expectation placed upon people the better they perform. Another way to look
Is "No" Where We Draw the Line? One of the most annoying things about being a stepmother is that it brings hard subjects up. Often the thing that we don’t want to do, comes up in stepparenting. You know what I mean. Issues like: Drawing the line on issues like self respect, your role in the family and in life, how you want to live and how much you want to compromise in life and whether or not
Anne Taintor's Images Encapsulate the Ultimate Passive Aggressive Behavior. Big Smiles. Their Thoughts are In the Words. We love Anne Taintor! Passive aggressiveness runs rampant in our stepfamilies. I hypothesize that there is a minimum of one family member who exhibits these behaviors. Are you one of the passive aggressive family members? Or, are you living with passive aggressive
When Will Stepmothers Get Their Justice? When will I get justice? Have you ever thought about justice? I know that I have. Does any of this sound familiar? "I do all of this work. When will someone thank me?" " I am always the one picking up the pieces. Yet, I never get asked. It's just assumed I'll watch the kids or cook the meals." "I am everyone's doormat." "IT'S JUST UNFAIR!
What If There Was a Beautiful Stepfamily and You Couldn't See It? They say that the definition of stupidity is doing the same things over and over and expecting a different result. If we were to be honest with ourselves, do we do the same things? Do we avoid the hard work associated with change? Do we want to avoid any vulnerability to our stepfamily members? Do we just want things to be
Stepmoms Looking for Respect in All the Wrong Places per Anne Taintor One of the hardest parts about being a stepmom is that you work your ass off and get, what appears to be, nothing in return. This show is not going to be about what we really get in return, it is strictly about how it often feels. Lack of acknowledgement. Disrespect. Small requests not granted. No thank yous. No
Stepfamilies Are Awesome! Happy Stepfamily Day! If you are lucky enough to have a stepparent, a step-sibling and step-relatives, September 16th is your day. It is National Stepfamily Day. The purpose of this day is to recognize stepfamilies by taking a minute and recognizing the love, care and support the step-relatives provide. It is the day for us to remember how lucky we are to
Stepmothers: Can We Create a Soft Place to Land for Our Children? Ourselves? Our Partners?(Source: coloribus.com) Dr. Laura Schlesinger always advises her clients that they should never marry a person with children. She advises that divorced parents should focus should on the children and there is not room for another person. She also argues that there will always be resentments on all
There are a thousand situations, but I thought it may be nice to have a cheat sheet for just a couple of the more common situations. It's a start! Let's face it. There are rules for sports. Rules at work. Rules at school What about rules for the stepfamily. As I always say, "Stepfamilies are not for the faint of heart". It would sure be easier if we could make a list of rules. Here