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stepparenting burnout & recovery

🗝 The key to stepparenting sanity
Sustainable stepparenting is all about finding & maintaining your balance.
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😩 Back-to-school dread
The stress of back-to-school season for stepfamilies is so *beyond.*
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🚌 Stuck on the stepparenting strugglebus
When leaving feels at least as complicated as staying.
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5 days to disengaged: a step-by-step guide to stepping back
A clickbaity but much catchier title than “How to embark on the potentially years-long process of slowly changing your entire stepparenting philosophy.”
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🤦🏻‍♀️ When our partners have no clue
You shouldn't have to figure out stepparenting alone... but how are you supposed to tell your *partner* that??
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🧡 You will not feel like this forever.
Stepparenting does eventually get easier, I swear.
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😴 It's okay to take a break
I promise your family will not fall apart if you take a day or two off.
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🤯 Where to even start
How to deal when the high-conflict ex is the factor that's got you completely burned out.
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🙄 Just stepkid things
If there’s one thing you can count on, it’s that kids — including stepkids — will always act like kids. And kids can kind of be the worst. 🤷🏻‍♀️
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🤔 Got a stepparenting question? Ask us anything!
What's got you most stressed about stepparenting? Let us know in the comments!
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💝 Self-care for stepparents
Please drop everything else like a hot potato and put your own oxygen mask on first.
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🛟 STEPPARENTING SURVIVAL GUIDE
8 tips to keep your head above water when you're struggling to blend your family
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