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Moms Are Burned-out: What Can We Do to Ease the Burden?

By John Duffy — 2021

The household tasks taken over by most moms—including the often invisible emotional work—have increased exponentially.

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Becoming a Stepparent

Becoming a stepparent by blending families or marrying someone with kids can be rewarding and fulfilling. If you've never had kids, you'll get the chance to share your life with a younger person and help to shape his or her character.

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Maia Noeder
2018
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My Husband and I Grope Each Other in Front of Our Kids, and Here’s Why

My husband and I grope each other constantly. I don’t think a day goes by without at least one of us copping a feel. I say this proudly because after almost 20 years of being together, we are still hot for each other. And I don’t see any reason to hide this from our kids.

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Elisha Beach
2021
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This is Why Mothers Have So Much Emotional Labor

It’s called emotional labor. And mothers have a lot of it.

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Colleen Temple
2018
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What is Emotional Labor? 7 Steps to Sharing the Burden in Marriage

If the burden of domestic responsibilities falls squarely on your shoulders, get inspired by how this writer learned to stop taking on all the emotional labor in her marriage.

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Julie Compton
2018
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Managing the Flames of Conflict

Conflict doesn’t mean the end of your remarriage, and can actually make it stronger. There are always going to be disagreements; you cannot avoid them entirely. What you can do, however, is become skilled at recovering from disputes by talking about your perspectives afterwards.

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Terry Gaspard
2022
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Even Breadwinning Wives Don’t Get Equality at Home

When Americans think about fixing gender equality, they tend to focus on the workplace. But gender equality for women still lags in another realm: their own houses.

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Aliya Hamid Rao
2019
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The 7 Stages of Becoming a Stepparent

Stepparenting itself— that is, forming a relationship with someone else's kid— isn't the hard part. It's the intense, conflicted emotions you experience as part of the transition into becoming a stepparent that are the real killer.

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Disengaging Stepmoms: 5 Signs It’s Time to Step Back

Many stepmothers begin the commitment phase of their relationships with an engagement ring. Women who love men with children hear the statistical improbability of successful remarriage and dismiss it, knowing in their hearts that theirs is the love that will beat the odds.

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Brenday Snyder
2013
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Hey, Wicked Stepmother, I Feel Your Pain!

How to stop hating yourself and your step-kid, as well.

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Jessica Schrader
2018
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Being a Single Mother Made Me Embrace the Sex Drive I Thought Was Dead

Newly single moms can be horny as hell. I can testify.

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Sarah Bregel
2018
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