In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori and David, founders of Nacho Kids, interview an adult stepkid. She shares with us what it was like growing up as a stepkid! In this episode, we discuss: Being the eldest sibling Mini-parent Moving into stepdad’s home Dinnertime Bonds with stepsiblings Rate & Review Our Podcast Please rate and review our ...
What is Guilty Parent Syndrome? Guilty Parent Syndrome, or GPS as we jokingly call it, is often referred to as Disney Dad syndrome or Guilty Dad Syndrome. We call it Guilty Parent Syndrome because it not only affects dads, it affects moms too! Heck, it even affects grandparents! GPS can occur when a biological parent is no longer with their ...
My son and my Nacho Kids are blessed with a lot of toys/things at our house. However, in our home, there seems to be an issue in how things are viewed by those involved when it involves gifts or what I call “special outings” or vacations take place. My husband and I are both conscious of our spending. So for ...
Throughout our journey, we quickly discovered my expectations were a lot higher for children than these children previously had. Here we go with the “When I was growing up” story… I had responsibilities from the ripe age of birth it seems. As a latch key kid and each day I was to come home from school, do my homework, ...
Before we were married, we thoroughly researched “blended” families. We were both bringing in children from a previous relationship and did not want to be naïve regarding the complexity of this. We had also heard several horror stories and wanted to learn from the “mistakes” of others. Funny how those “mistakes” are later viewed as “great ideas that failed”. Every ...
Yep! I am Nacho Mom, Nacho Mama, Nacho Parent… I will Nacho! Nachoing™ is the blended lifesaver! After some major downs in our attempts to blend our stepfamily, we went to a counselor. After a while, he told me, and kept telling me, “They are not your kids.” At first, I was like, this man is crazy! Then the emotional ...
A recent conversation brought this to mind… BEFORE you get into a relationship where step kids are involved, make sure you are willing to work through the issues that are going to arise. If you are quick to walk away or throw your hands up out of frustration, being involved in a “blended family” is something you may want ...
While celebrating Mother’s Day with my son and my husband, the subject of there not being a step daddy’s day, or step mother’s day for that matter, came up. Then, of course, I started thinking, there should be one! The “brick wall” in me quickly determined that would just be setting yourself up for disappointment. The more I thought ...
One of the first things I learned (after counseling & reading material) was the difference in expectations of stepfamily life versus biological family life. We are raised, programmed, to have high expectations for ourselves, our kids and our family. This is a noble and worthwhile practice within a biological family but it just doesn’t work in the dynamics of a ...