I’m about a decade into stepparenting and still learning daily — still gaining an understanding of where I fit into things.

Dear Slighted: What petty people your stepparents seem to be. They can adjust their wills in whatever ways they’d like, but ...

As I talk to more stepparents, I realize that’s not uncommon. Kids grow up, boundaries shift and families look different from ...

Dear Eric: My parents divorced when I was 5 and my brother was 3. He went with our father and I with our mother. We saw each other on holidays and summers. Both parents remarried and had two more ...

We worked hard to build and maintain a relationship with our parents and stepparents/siblings. I thought progress had been made. Both parents passed within a two-year period. Both stepparents ...

We worked hard to build and maintain a relationship with our parents and stepparents/siblings. I thought progress had been made. Both parents passed within a two-year period. Both stepparents ...

We worked hard to build and maintain a relationship with our parents and stepparents/siblings. I thought progress had been made. Both parents passed within a two-year period. Both stepparents ...

We worked hard to build and maintain a relationship with our parents and stepparents/siblings. I thought progress had been made. Both parents passed within a two-year period. Both stepparents ...

We worked hard to build and maintain a relationship with our parents and stepparents/siblings. I thought progress had been made. Both parents passed within a two-year period. Both stepparents ...