stepmothers – Lynn Slaughter

Dealing with my Own “Stuff”

By Lynn Slaughter | May 20, 2017 |

This past week, I took a professional development workshop on first aid for mental health, a program that originated in Australia and is now gaining widespread adoption in the states. It’s designed to teach skills in recognizing and responding to folks who may be in the early-stages of a mental health crisis

Whole Lot of Re-Parenting Going On

By Lynn Slaughter | April 3, 2017 |

I’ve always been suspicious of those couples who have that parent-child thing going on. It makes me nervous

The Stuff We Don’t Put in Our Holiday Letters

By Lynn Slaughter | December 25, 2016 |

When a dear friend called me this week from Arizona, she rasped out “Merry Christmas” and promptly went into a coughing fit. “What’s going on? Are you okay?”

Still Family

By Lynn Slaughter | September 25, 2016 |

I was at my grandson’s seventh grade football game when the call came. Amidst the noisy fans, my son’s voice sounded unexpectedly sober and lower than usual. “Wanted to let you know

Still My Mom

By Lynn Slaughter | February 17, 2016 |

When I was twelve, my single parent dad remarried. I was ecstatic beyond belief. My new stepmom was warm, caring, and fun-loving. Best of all, she was the first parent I’d ever had who wanted the job. It didn’t matter that most of the other kids in seventh grade thought it was babyish to hang…