Home › Category "Guest Blog"

Guest Blog

7 August 2020

Try not to doubt yourself

As a step parent, doubting yourself and feeling sick either just before your stepchildren come over or just after they leave is not uncommon. Most people are driven from a place of goodness and ideals. But such dreams and situations are sometimes shattered by stepchildren’s behaviour- no matter how old they are! The fact that […]

26 July 2020

National Stepfamilies Day Australia 26th July 2020

The last Sunday in July is National Stepfamilies Day – a day which recognises and celebrates the many different family types in Australia and acknowledges the important role stepparents can play in childrens’ lives. It might be a new concept in Australia, but the day has been recognised in the United States and other […]

27 May 2020

Top 10 Tips for Step Parents

Guest Blogger: Karalee Katsambanis Ask anyone and they’ll tell you that parenting is a challenge at the best of times. Stepparenting, shared parenting, coparenting and blended families are becoming more and more common around the world. Here are my top 10 tips for you, if you start feeling a little overwhelmed. You will not be […]

10 February 2019

When They Leave

Generally we have the care of my step sons every second weekend, give or take special days, school holidays or when alternative arrangements are made by my Husband and the boy’s mum. If I am brutally honest I find I take longer than I would like to adjust to the boys being in our home and even longer to re-adjust when they leave.

10 January 2019

Keeping Mentally Fit

I absolutely love Yoga, not that I’m particularly good at it but since Year 11 in high school I’ve practiced it in different class settings for various periods of time. I always knew I wanted to try a pre-natal yoga class when I was pregnant and I loved it so much I returned to a class when my baby was about 3 months old.

10 December 2018

Guilt

I have always been an incredibly sensitive and emotional person, well before I met my future husband and his three boys. So the feeling of guilt was not unknown to me, however in the role of step mum I feel guilty so often.

10 November 2018

Medicare

The other day I had to make the dreaded trip into the Medicare office as my Husband and I decided we wanted ourselves, and all our children, on the same card. I had phoned Medicare and found out that this was possible and the forms that were required.

10 October 2018

Out of My Control

A huge slice of my step mum experiences can be put into the ‘this is out of my control’ box. Arguably a lot of our lives are out of our complete control however this feeling can be incredibly frustrating.

10 September 2018

Village of People

I recently wrote a Facebook post, celebrating my son’s six month milestone and thanking my ‘village of people’ for all their help. What I meant by this was the support I received from my village: my husband, step sons, mum, sister, other family members, girlfriends, the child health nurse etc during out first few months.

4 September 2018

Beating Rain Day Doldrums

When school’s out, kids will play – unless the weather is bad. But rainy days don’t have to ruin your child’s fun. Shake them up with fun activities to build their brains and burn their energy. Here are some smart ways to get kids moving and learning on a rainy day.