Blended families don’t follow a script. From second marriages to bonus kids and teen dynamics, this honest look at real life parenting explores love, patience, and learning as you go.


Blended families don’t follow a script. From second marriages to bonus kids and teen dynamics, this honest look at real life parenting explores love, patience, and learning as you go.

Thanks to popular fairytales like Cinderella and Snow White, stepmothers have gotten a seriously bad rap for being evil, villainous and downright cruel to their stepchildren. But stepping into this new role in a blended family isn’t easy on a woman! Finding the right parenting methods, having courage under fire and dealing with the (often times dreaded) ex can take a serious toll on a stepmom’s ability to survive and thrive as a wife and stepparent. For those seeking some outside help, here’s our list of top manuals to guide stepmoms through the rough patches of their role.