By Jennifer Harman Ph.D. - Colorado State University Adventures in Blending: Memoirs of Mixing Families If I were to portray the blending of my family with the Consultant’s as all rainbows and butterflies, I would be lying. Not because things are challenging with him; … [Read more...] about A Dark Side of Blended Families: The Role of Ex-Partners
Adventures in Dating: Memoirs of Midlife Relationships
Feeling like a Family: Turning Points in Step-Families
By Jennifer Harman Ph.D. - Colorado State University Adventures in Blending: Memoirs of Mixing Families Photo Credit: News.com.au After the Consultant and I moved our families in together, his youngest daughter (who I will refer to as #3 due to her birth order in our blended … [Read more...] about Feeling like a Family: Turning Points in Step-Families
Blending Homes: Making the Complex Decision with Kids
By Jennifer Harman Ph.D. - Colorado State University Adventures in Blending: Memoirs of Mixing Families Before launching back into a blog about being a (step)parent in a blended family, it is important to first describe how and why we became that way. I will start with … [Read more...] about Blending Homes: Making the Complex Decision with Kids
All Mixed Up: Life in a Blended Family
By Jennifer Harman Ph.D. - Colorado State University Adventures in Blending: Memoirs of Mixing Families A few years ago, I shared my ups and downs of the dating scene in my blog Adventures in Dating: Memoirs of a Single Mom. Although dating is not necessarily a novel blog … [Read more...] about All Mixed Up: Life in a Blended Family
Dieting With Your Partner: Competition Is Futile
After gorging on a holiday meal and leftovers recently, the Consultant and I have completely obliterated our pre-holiday dieting goals. I generally do well with controlling my food portions, which is admittedly hard to do given the fact that food portion sizes have increased … [Read more...] about Dieting With Your Partner: Competition Is Futile
