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		<title>TIME FOR HEALING…Relationships and More</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wisdom</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Moving from misery to maturation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t know what to expect! I recently had back surgery and have been recovering in bed at home. Lots of time to think and reminisce. I&#8217;ve been in a stepfamily for 35 years. Seems like just yesterday that I was yelled at &#8220;GET OUT OF MY LIFE&#8221;…or worse,&#8221; I HATE YOU, BITCH and so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Things Get Awful…WAIT!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wisdom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Enhancing Your Stepcouple Relationship]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[help with stepchildren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reconnecting with your spouse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When everything is awful, you wonder why you’re there. You get another phone call from school to report that your stepson is truant…again. Or your son just got caught shoplifting candy. Or your kid is depressed and can’t get up to go to school. Your stepdaughter is stealing money or worse, your clothes. You catch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unbreakable Bonds: How To Help The Kids</title>
		<link>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/07/unbreakable-bonds-how-to-help-the-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wisdom</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[biological parent/child bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helpful questions for stepparents]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Too often, as a struggling stepparent, it’s easy to lose yourself in self-pity, resentment and jealousy—and, amid it all, forget what the kids are enduring. Grappling with the separation of their biological parents—not to mention also adjusting to the idea that one or both parents now have new partners—is a devastating process for the children. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Be Fooled: There’s No Such Thing as a Perfect Family</title>
		<link>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/07/no-such-thing-as-a-perfect-family/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/07/no-such-thing-as-a-perfect-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wisdom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As stepcouples, does it sometimes feel as though other so-called “normal” families are better off? Do you sometimes observe them and feel jealous of the way they appear to interact—to talk and play and laugh—so naturally and comfortably? And, as a result, does this comparison make you feel as though your stepfamily were somehow worse? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stepkids are mean… wouldn&#8217;t you be too?</title>
		<link>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/03/stepkids-are-mean-wouldnt-you-be-too/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/03/stepkids-are-mean-wouldnt-you-be-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wisdom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IN THE BEGINNING… I wondered why my stepkids were so mean to me. They avoided me at all costs. They wouldn’t do what I asked without a fight. They always ran to their father for protection and excuses for noncompliance. And he usually came through. I was powerless. I didn’t know what my role was, [...]]]></description>
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