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"I Don't Want This Baby After All"! New Post on Psychology Today Blog

Published by Wednesday Martin
This is what we expect all mothers to be, no matter what
This is what we expect all mothers to be, no matter what

Have you been following the story about the family that adopted a one-year-old baby, but decided they couldn't continue to be his parents after 18 months? Please check out my new post on my Psychology Today blog: " 'I don't want this baby after all!': Judging Anita Tedaldi."


On National Stepfamily Day — A Stepmother's Bill of Rights

Published by Wednesday Martin

Today is National Stepfamily Day. Many thanks to Christy Borgeld, founder of National Stepfamily Day, for taking the time and putting the energy into convincing our government to recognize the centrality of stepfamilies in the U.S. today.


Now Blogging on Psychology Today

Published by Wednesday Martin

I'm now posting for psychologytoday.com about women with stepchildren. I'll be posting there weekly, and the posts will be different from the ones on my own blog. Have a read...


His kids don't like me!

Published by Wednesday Martin

Who, aside from me, remembers the academy award acceptance speech by Sally Field (for Norma Rae) which culminated in the cringe-inducing, much maligned exclamation, "You like me! You really, really like me!" as she cradled her Oscar and choked back tears?


Tell Oprah

Published by Wednesday Martin

November 16th is National Stepfamily Day. And women with stepchildren are the lynchpin of the stepfamily system — research tells us that stepmother is the most challenged and stressed stepfamily member with the most complicated adjustment process.