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7 Great Mother’s Day Survival Tips For Step-Moms

7 Great Mother’s Day Survival Tips For Step-Moms

After being a step-mom for eleven years, here are my tips to ensure a Happy Mother’s Day.

Realize that Mother’s Day is emotional for children as they will experience loyalty issues. Children may feel like they are betraying their mother if they acknowledge the step-mom.

Have none or minimal expectations from your stepchildren. When you expect nothing, the smallest gesture such as a text or phone…

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Do not ever make you children feel guilty for being away from you.

Elizabeth Denham: Keeping Kids Out Of The Middle

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A few weeks after that, she had brought it up again. “Sam, can I call you 'mama?'” she asked in the car, fiddling with a goody bag from her cousin’s birthday party. I remember turning down the radio and glancing over at her dad, my fiancé, watching him smile at her in the rearview mirror. “We talked about this, baby. Remember?” “But when we go places, I want people to think I’m your daughter,” she said. Oh, if only there were a word that could adequately explain how happy I was at that moment in time. It is a moment that I can think about even now, nearly a year later, and see it in complete Technicolor, with sharp, unblurred edges.

Can I Call You 'Mama'? - mom.me