The Package Deal

Izzy Rose — author of The Package Deal: My (not-so) Glamorous Transition from Single Gal to Instant Mom — is on a mission to change the image of the modern-day step mom.
And we’re right behind her!
Izzy describes herself as single “middle-class socialite” who lived in San Francisco. She loved her career as a successful [...]

Single mom getting remarried. Advice, please

Congrats to our single mom reader — who goes by “GregPeckFan.” She’s getting remarried in September!
We both admit that we get weepy at weddings, and  love the fact that the ceremony includes a line that goes: “This is not just the beginning of a marriage, but the beginning of a new family.”

GreckPeckFan is beyond-excited, but [...]

The ideal step-parent?

We’re so over Jon and Kate. Aren’t you?
But we must admit that we did click on the Facebook photos of Hailey Glassman, Jon’s 22-year-old girlfriend, below:

And we watched as the blogosphere ignited to attack Hailey Glassman as a terrible role model and an unfit prospective step-mother.
Sure, it’s obvious: 22-year-old  Hailey is not ready to be [...]

When wedding bells (not yours!) are ringing

CoastalGal99 wrote us recently with some unsettling news:
“My eight-year-old daughter came home from her dad’s this weekend and announced, ‘Daddy is getting married!’
I didn’t even know that he had a girlfriend! My daughter explained that she was introduced to ‘Daddy’s new wife.’
But she asked me if she should call her ‘Mommy,’ too.
Later that night, [...]

The Bachelor’s Jason Mesnick on his ideal woman

“The Bachelor” is set to premiere Monday on ABC with a two-hour special starting at 8 p.m.  If you haven’t yet heard, for the first time ever, the bachelor is a single dad.
Jason Mesnick is the 32-year-old divorced father of a three-year-old son who lives in Seattle.
The Seattle Times recently ran an exclusive interview [...]