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An Open Letter to All Stepdads (and Especially My Husband)
I see you, you know. I see you watching my sixteen-year-old son, waiting for the right time to offer your help. He’s at our kitchen table, hands wo... → Read More
An Open Letter to All Stepdads (and Especially My Husband)
I see you, you know. I see you watching my sixteen-year-old son, waiting for the right time to offer your help. He’s at our kitchen table, hands wo... → Read More
This Is The Cold, Hard Truth About Blended Families –
The truth is, no one wants to be in any blended family. The kids didn’t choose to marry, move, and spend the rest of their lives with another family. → Read More
My Biggest Mistake As A Divorced Mom
Don’t worry about where you rank in relation to everyone else in your baby’s tribe. → Read More
The Importance Of Boundaries In The Stepparent-Stepchild Relationship
Setting stepparent boundaries has allowed my husband and I to forge strong, positive relationships across biological and stepparent lines. → Read More
Do You Love Your Kid More Than You Hate Your Ex?
Co-parenting peacefully may seem like a lofty goal. You may not be in that place today. Start small. Love your babies and start today. → Read More
Do You Love Your Kid More Than You Hate Your Ex?
”Mom, are most divorced people like you and Dad, or do they usually hate each other?” My son Caden and I are driving to a movie, just the two of us... → Read More
Do You Love Your Kid More Than You Hate Your Ex?
”Mom, are most divorced people like you and Dad, or do they usually hate each other?” My son Caden and I are driving to a movie, just the two of us... → Read More
10 Reasons This Divorced Mom Is Glad It's Dad's Weekend
I’m a divorced mom, and I am happy my kids are with their dad this weekend. I know that’s surprising to read. Divorce stigma is powerful and ... → Read More
Sometimes I Forget To Add The Step
As a divorce and coparenting author, I write often about our blended family is different from first families. I write about stepparent boundaries and loyalty binds and managing grief. I highlight all the ways our eight person tribe is different to begin a public conversation about blended families and parenting after divorce. Talking about our differences matters. Up until now, I’ve left… → Read More
Sometimes I Forget To Add The Step
As a divorce and coparenting author, I write often about our blended family is different from first families. I write about stepparent boundaries and loyalty binds and managing grief. I highlight all the ways our eight person tribe is different to begin a public conversation about blended families and parenting after divorce. Talking about our differences matters. Up until now, I’ve left… → Read More
What Every Second Wife Needs To Hear
The most romantic statement my husband Gabe ever made to me didn't happen on our wedding day. He didn't declare it at the base of the Eif... → Read More
How My Refrigerator Schooled Me on Inclusion
Judging solely by the papers on the fridge, she was an outsider. → Read More
How My Refrigerator Taught Me A Lesson About Step-Family
Judging solely by the papers on the fridge, she was an outsider. → Read More
My Ex Became A Totally Different Person After Our Divorce
Instead of seeing him as my former partner, I saw him as my current business partner. → Read More
My Ex Became A Totally Different Person After Our Divorce
Instead of seeing him as my former partner, I saw him as my current business partner. → Read More
The Ugly Truth About Blended Families
Born of grief and tinged with failure, blended families are messy, and complicated, and exhausting. → Read More
The Ugly Truth About Blended Families
Born of grief and tinged with failure, blended families are messy, and complicated, and exhausting. → Read More
Save Your Time And Judgment When You See Me Roll Up In My Gas Guzzler
You’re sure I don’t care about the environment. But you’re wrong. The truth is, I hate this car too. → Read More
Kate Chapman
Kate Chapman Writer, Recovering Corporate Ninja, Mom + Stepmom, Blended Family Cheerleader Kate Chapman is a mom and stepmom to six children, ages 7-15. She writes about her modern-day Brady Bunch adventures at This Life in Progress. Drawing on her extensive experience as a coach and a background in psychology and sociology, Kate helps divorced parents and stepfamilies survive and thrive. When… → Read More