stepmom magazine august 2020

Stepmom Burnout is Real

10 Ways to Take a Time Out

By Krista Giovara

When my ex and I divorced, we agreed to split our time with the kids 50/50. They were 2, 3, 8 and 9. I’d been a full-time mom since the older two were toddlers. As with a lot of us stay-at-home moms, it was all I knew and had become my identity. Yet, suddenly, I wasn’t with them 24/7. Instead I spent a lot of days lying in bed, crying.

 
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