10 Day Countdown—Tip #1 (and a request for YOUR tips, too…)

Don't forget yourself this holiday season!

Ten days until Christmas. But whatever you celebrate—Hanukkah, Kwanza, or something else—this is a high pressure season for stepfamilies.

There's the financial pressure of the recession, first of all, which is wrecking emotional havoc on Americans according to an article in today's New York Times . Stepfamilies may be feeling very particular, additional economic pressure and stress at holiday time. How to pay for kids not in residence to come to...