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 [...]

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 [...]