THE DECEMBER 2016 Issue | TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
Dad’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Days
Ways to Help Your Partner Parent Better
BY MARY T. KELLY, MA
Stepfamily Holiday Blues
Learning to Celebrate a Season for Two
BY CLAUDETTE CHENEVERT
Bring on the Holidays, Stepmom!
Ways to Thrive as Your Family Merges Its Traditions
BY BRENDA SNYDER, LCSW
StepMom Magazine 2016
Rounding Up the Year’s Best Expert Tips and Advice
DEPARTMENTS
PUBLISHER’S NOTE
What I Think About … Ditching Tradition
WELLNESS ZONE
Strike a Power Pose, Stepmom!
What Science Reveals Could Help You Feel Like a Superhero
BY CHRISTINA ROACH, LMHC, NCC, DCC
GUY THEORY
Remarried Dads Reinventing Traditions
Give your holidays more meaning—reimagine them!
BY JOEL SCHWARTZBERG
VANTAGE POINT
Why I Say, “Screw It!”
Balancing His Kids’ Needs and Your Kids’ Needs Is Impossible
BY JAMIE SCRIMGEOUR
THE LOOKING GLASS
Our Monthly Roundup of News, Events, Reviews and More
EXPERT ADVICE
A Death in the (Step)Family
Should You Attend?
BY RACHELLE KATZ, EDD, LMFT
STEPMOM MEMOIRS
Stepfamily Traditions
Feel Like You Don’t Belong, Stepmom? Give it Time!
BY AUDREY K. CADE, MS
WORDS OF WISDOM
Stepmoms, Schedules and Holiday Spirit
Make Time for Magic and Enjoy Your Holidays
BY ERIKA WILSON
REAL STEPMOMS. REAL STORIES.
Kate Payne