What is Stepfamily? Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia explain : a stepfamily is the family one acquires when a parent enters a new marriage, whether the parent was widowed or divorced. For example, if one's mother dies and one's father marries another woman, the new woman is one's stepmother.

No women dreams of becoming a stepmother, but that parental role is becoming a reality for an increasing number of women. The most succesfull stepmother don’t try to replace or act as though they’re the child’s real mother.

If you are a stepmother, you have understand that your role should be that of adult friends or mother figure who leave parenting responsibility - such as most discipline - to the parents.

If stepmother understand their roles, they are in much better shape. A stepparent is an additional parental figure, not a replacement, even if the parent has died. However, it isn’t always easy for a stepmom to accept and nurture her husbands’s connection with his kids.

The best way to debunk the myth of the wicked stepmother is to be a consistent and credible self at all times. Overreacting wildly to unrealistic expectations and the downright sabotage your stepchildren may deliver will only reinforce the myth that you are indeed wicked. Your response to the myth and how it is played out over time will either destroy the myth or reinforce it. You know who you are. Patient, kind, consistent and trustworthy are words that describe you. When you have lived these qualities over time, you will be a contagious and irresistibly good stepmother.

You are strong and able to take on the challenge of stepmothering. You are in love with your husband and he loves you. It might be easier if it were just the two of you. However, there are his children and they did not choose you. Besides, they have a mother and she is not you. Yet there you are, not the mother, but the stepmother. You can be sure that when the word “stepmother” is spoken, a silent “wicked” lurks just before it in the shadows of the minds of his children. Initiated into the raw end of a famous fairy tale, you receive a label before you receive a relationship. A quiet and vulnerable, “No Fair!” cries out from the most tender location of your heart. Stay strong and remain solid. You can beat the myths.