Top Stepmother Concern #5: My Husband is Married to his Kids, Not Me!

The couple bond is the weakest link in the stepfamily system--strengthen it!

SPECIAL GUEST POST BY MARTY BABITS, LCSW, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy

"I feel like my husband is married to his kids, not to me."

"When the kids are over he doesn't even hold hands with me! I feel shut out."

These are just a couple of things you told me when I asked for a list of Top Stepmother Concerns. Power imbalances are a fact of stepfamily life. Many of you experience first-hand your partner seeming ...