step parenting websites

Be StepWise - YouTube channel helping step-parents make their families the best blended family they can be. Check out their website for courses and online books too www.bestepwise.co.uk  

Support For Stepdads-  compassionate support, expert advice, resources, and tips for stepdads navigating the complexities of blended families.

Smart Stepfamilies -  offers a pre-marital blend guide for blending families, Smart Stepfamilies book series, videos, articles, and a podcast on the website. 

Bonus Families -  founder Dr. Jann Blackstone is a co-parent coach and mediator.  Resources on the website help parents work together to raise healthy, well-adjusted kids after a split up. 

(Step)momming -  author of Stepmomming Made Easy and step-parent coach, Kristen Skiles, gives step-moms actionable tools to tackle step parenting struggles. Check out her podcast, hire her as a step-parent coach, or read her blog on the website. 

Blended Family Counseling Center-  virtual counseling options for blended families who want to bond & understand each other.  

• The Bonus Family Handbook by JanBlackstone 

• Stepmomming Made Easy by Kristen Skiles 

• Be StepWise - has 4 books on step parenting for purchase to help bring two families together. Check out their website for videos on step parenting also.

Smart Stepfamilies Series-   series of books from leading stepfamily expert, Ron L. Deal :

• The Smart Stepfamily: seven steps to a healthy family
• The Smart Stepdad
• The Smart Stepmom
• Preparing To Blend
• Building Love Together In Blended Families
• The Smart Stepfamily Marriage

Kristen Skiles - certified step-parent coach, creator of Stepmomming.com, and author of Stepmomming Made Easy.

Bonus Families - Dr. Jann Blackstone, founder of Bonus Families, also offers co-parent counseling and mediation.

UpTo Parents - exercises, videos, an online class, and articles designed to help co-parents focus on their children's needs and minimize harm during family transitions.  Check out their videos on YouTube too https://www.youtube.com/user/UpToParents

The Center for Divorce Education  

• program that helps children cope with the emotional effects of divorce. 
• conflict resolution parenting classes  
• program for children ages 7 - 14 going through a divorce situation. 

Check out their YouTube channel also @centerfordivorceeducation 

Divorce and Children - divorce coach and authorr of Parenting Apart, Christina McGhee teaches parents how to protect their children from the fallout. 

DivorceAndParenting.com - offers online classes to help parents promote their children’s post-divorce adjustment. 

Dr. Tara Egan- psychologist who offers a multitude of co-parenting videos on YouTube.

OurFamilyWizard (OFW) app 

• Shared calendars with automated change request
• Messaging with ToneMeter to help reduce conflict in messages
• Document info bank
• Expense tracking
• all communication and information documented and available for court-admissible reports.

TalkingParents app 

• Secure messaging
• Shared calendar
• Accountable calling (records calls)
• Accountable payments
• Also creates unalterable, court-admissible record of all interactions. 

• The Co-Parenting Handbook: Raising Well-Adjusted and Resilient Kids by Karen Bonnell 

•  Mom's House, Dad's House: Making Two Homes for Your Child by Isolina Ricci, Ph.D

• Co-Parenting with a Toxic Ex: What to Do When Your Ex-Spouse Tries to Turn the Kids Against You by Amy J.L. Baker and Paul R. Fine-  

• Parenting Apart: How Separated and Divorced Parents Can Raise Happy and Secure Kids by Christina McGhee