A mom and a stepmom share stories, ideas, friendship and family
Posted in Co-parenting, Communication, Tips on Jul 17th, 2008
The three day rule was Kathy’s idea. If something happens that upsets one of us or that we’re mad or hurt about, we have to talk about it with the other one within three days. If we can’t bring ourselves to do that, we have to let it go. It’s no longer “mad-able”. It can’t [...]
No One’s the Bitch is a blog by a mom-stepmom team about building happy mom-stepmom realtionships. Jen (the mom) and Carol (the stepmom) are close friends now, but they didn’t start out that way at all. Jen has knocked the ball out of the park with two must-read posts in the last few days:
How to [...]
Posted in Tips on Jan 5th, 2008
One of the building blocks of improvisational comedy is the “Yes, and…” rule. When improvising a scene, you accept and build on what your partner does. The quickest way to kill a scene is to block or deny a suggestion. “Yes, and” is about more than not blocking, though. It’s about co-creating or collaborating on [...]
A long time ago, a friend told me that the best parenting advice he’d ever been given was to say yes as much as possible to your child. An aunt of his had given him this advice when his baby was first born, and over the years he found himself noticing that he was often [...]
One of the things that keeps me from feeling overwhelmed by other people’s stuff (and that helps keep me from feeling like a nag at the same time) is our house lost and found. It’s a big basket that we keep on the window seat in the dining room. When I find something laying around [...]
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