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New Rules for Stepfamilies

Finding the Missing Peace
by Dr Joshua Coleman
Dr Joshua Coleman is a psychologist with offices in San Francisco and Oakland and is a senior fellow with the Council on Contemporary Families. His newest book is When Parents Hurt: Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don't Get Along. See full bio
March 18, 2009

Stepmothers in Distress

Studies show that stepmothers are much more likely to be demonized by the children than stepfathers. Why would this be the case? This is because husbands often expect their new wives to establish order in the household and this can be resented by the children. Read More

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