THE JUNE 2020 ISSUE | TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
Success Stories, Part I of III
Couples Who’ve Made It Work: Meet Laura & Steve Petherbridge
BY CLAUDETTE CHENEVERT
Rock Solid Relationships
4 Ways Effective Communication Can Bring You Closer
BY MEG BURTON TUDMAN, MBA
Remarried With Kids
What You Need to Know About Blending Your Family
BY RACHELLE KATZ, EDD, LMFT
Mr. Nice Guy
The Problem With Permissive Parenting (aka Letting Your Kids Call the Shots)
BY MARY T. KELLY, MA
DEPARTMENTS
GUY THEORY
Making Matters Worse?
What to Do When Your Wife Trash Talks Your Ex
BY JOEL SCHWARTZBERG
LIFE AFTER DIVORCE
Co-Parenting Together
6 Tips for Dads and Stepmoms
BY MAGGIE BAKER
EXPERT ADVICE
Your Couple’s Playbook
Advice for (Step-)Parenting From the Same Page
BY CHRISTINA ROACH, LMHC
Stepfamily ABCs
Life Lessons From a Guy Who Knows
BY ANDY HETCHLER
LIFE AFTER DIVORCE
Feeling Like the Ugly Stepsister
A His & Hers Cinderella Story
BY KRISTA L. GIOVARA
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ON THE COVER: Emmie & Patrick Brown
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
SPOTLIGHT
MANIFESTO
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