UK researchers lamented how schools were organized "around the assumption that the nuclear family is the norm." Families who ...

Many children tend to view their step-parents as friends or advisors who hold less authority than their own biological parents and stepfathers may have only minimal impact on their stepchild’s ...

Step parents often face resistance from their step children. These kids may feel conflicted emotions over the absence of their birth mother or father. Same sex parents face the same challenges as ...

Life in a blended family can be challenging. After all, even normal families have their ups and downs. Keeping everyone happy and feeling included takes a lot of love, compassion, and heaps of ...