Comments on: Book Review: Stepmonster

By: Suzanne B (Crunchy green Mom)

Suzanne B (Crunchy green Mom) — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:24:49 +0000

What a great book! I am just now stepping into the realm of being a step mother and having him be a step father….

It has been a hard road for me, and I am reading and studying everything I can find… I am terrified and anxious.

All this advice from this blog and from books I can find have been wonderful, I only hope I can give tips one day… or at least make it through unscathed.

He might have it harder… he is gaining six step kids… 5 daughters and a son.
I am gaining one step son… I MIGHT have a leg up here…

Thanks again!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:44:40 +0000

Susan,

Thanks for stopping by. I’ll be adding your book to my reading list, as well!

By: Wednesday Martin

Wednesday Martin — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:45:27 +0000

Dear Susan,
Thanks for your interest in the book. I would love to know your thoughts so please email me at wednesday@wednesdaymartin.com after you have read it and let me know. Stepcoulpling is such an important concept and such a wonderful book. Thanks for helping show the way to strengthen that all-important bond in the context of occasional stepfamily chaos!

By: Susan Wisdom

Susan Wisdom — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:37:43 +0000

Hello Wednesday -
Congratulations and thank you for what looks like a great gift for stepmothers – an honest description of the real deal. I’m buying it tomorrow!

Susan Wisdom
Author of Stepcoupling

FYI, we have always been called “Dad and Susan” or “Mom and David” by the appropriate kids in our stepfamily.

By: SarahB

SarahB — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:33:46 +0000

I think that’s an awesome reminder – that we’re ALL just doing our best.

I enjoyed this book for not making me feel like I was doing the wrong thing, or that the sole responsibility fell to me to make things work (which is how I’ve felt after reading some books in the past – that as the adult, it was solely on ME). And to not feel alone in some of the feelings I have – frustration, feeling like an outsider in my own house at times, etc. I truly wish this book had been around years ago!

By: Sweetie

Sweetie — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:07:16 +0000

I am so with you on the concept that you and your husband make or break what happens in your home. Even in very hostile environments with other parents, how you two choose to set the boundaries in your own home makes such a difference. I have been a step mom for seven years now, custody of all four children until they were in college….and have seen all sides of the equation: working together, one set of non custodial parents not plugging in, another eventually “going legal” through the courts (to no avail) and everything in between. Step families do face unique and complex relationship twists a traditional family simply doesn’t face….but we do our best, and remember its the only family our children will know!

Sweetie