For mothers, stepmothers and anyone interested in families, relationships and parenting Manhattan style...please check out my new website, Primates of Park Avenue!
Dr. Rachelle Katz has a new radio show on Stepfamily Central and I was lucky to be her first guest. We talked about the word "blended" and the need for public support for and a public education campaign about what stepfamilies are really like. Hope you will have a listen...
All over Manhattan, parents are applying to ongoing private and independent schools. It's an anxious rite of passage because we all want to get our children the very best education we can...and nothing is more stressful than feeling that others are evaluating your child. I wrote about the ongoing school application process for psychologytoday.com. Hope you will have a look... and leave a comment.
Last night's 8th annual Authors Night event to benefit the East Hampton Library was a great opportunity for authors and book lovers to meet up. Alec Baldwin, the founding chair, was there as were honorary co-chairs Ken Auletta and Robert Caro and Dick Cavett. Oh, and I got to meet Dr. Ruth Westheimer! Hope you will consider supporting the East Hampton Library, a wonderful resource for kids and adults on the East End.
The October issue of StepMom Magazine is live! In it you will find articles by experts and women with stepchildren who walk the walk. You will find great advice and insight in these pages. This month I write about women with stepchildren and negativity. What is your best "fix" when you find yourself in a negativity spiral? Tell me about it.
I will be discussing the emotional reality of childless and child-free stepmothers with host Mary Kelly-Williams, M.A. on her Blog Talk Radio show September 27 at 11 am EST. Hope you will tune in...you can also call into the show to ask a question.
The September issues of StepMom Magazine has posted! In it you will find all kinds of informative and helpful articles by stepmothers and stepparenting experts who walk the walk. Mary Kelly Williams on the importance of the couple bond. Heather Hetchler on loyalty binds. Susan Swanson on why women with stepkids need social support — and good girlfriends. And Susan Wisdom in stepparenting teens. And much much more. I do recommend you subscribe today because knowledge is power, and can make this gig a lot less insanity-inducing!
On Monday evening Dec 20 at 8 pm EST I'll be talking to stepmom bloggers Peggy Nolan and Erin Erickson LIVE on their Blog Talk Radio Show (you might hear my children yelling in the background!) Tune in, listen, call in, send in questions....hope to "talk" to you then!
Hope you will tune in to hear me speak with Susan Swanson on her radio show "On Step" today, Monday Sept 22, at 2 pm EST. We'll discuss YOUR issues and concerns!
Halloween seems like a good time to give away a free copy of Stepmonster! So just leave a comment ON MY BLOG about why you'd like a copy, and I'll choose one respondent at random to win.