National Stepfamily Day 2024

Reason to celebrate: September 16, 2024 is National Stepfamily Day.

Permanently or bad, it can be suggested that the standard radial household is coming to be an extinction. Stepfamily Day recognizes that stand-in and step-families are entitled to acknowledgment for the treatment and assistance they offer, which oftentimes step-parents, step-siblings and step-relatives are equally adored and close as biological loved ones.

National Stepfamily Day: Becoming A Stepdad to a 7 Year Old

Yes, wanting to be a good Dad with all your patience and hard work is the best road to your family's success and proven happiness. Thanks for sharing. Math smarts and a good sense of humor are the glue that holds our family, thanks to my husband's head ...

National Stepfamily Day - My Perspective

September 16th is National Stepfamily Day. While not a stepparent I am co-captain of a blended family. My wife Tania has been publishing a series of stepfamily perspectives on her Chicagonow blog Writing My Mind. Today I shared my own thoughts which ...

National Stepfamily Day: My Name is Erin and This is My Family

Erin Vandeberg's blog is called Eri-thon. In this post she introduces us to her family. National Stepfamily Day is tomorrow! I'll share an excerpt from my book My So-Called Unexpected Life: 10 Things I Did to Meet and Marry My Man, Be A Stepmom, Have ...

National Stepfamily Day: My Stepdad

In honor of National Stepfamily Day on Sept 16th I asked ChicagoNow bloggers to write about being a member of a stepfamily: the good, the bad, the ugly and the funny. On Sept 3rd, 4th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 14th, 15th I'll feature posts written by ...

She's not my stepdaughter, she's my daughter

Today is National Stepfamily Day. I didn't know such a day existed until someone on Facebook mentioned it. Technically speaking, my daughter is my stepfamily. I've never thought of her that way though. I'll refer to her as my stepdaughter here, but ...