"This devastated them, and there has been an atmosphere ever since," the teen wrote on Reddit of her stepsiblings' reaction Erin Clack is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE. She has been writing about fashion, ...

This teen spent most of her childhood getting hauled to another state multiple times a year—not to visit anyone she knew, but to wait around while her stepsiblings enjoyed family time without her. No ...

Stepsibling dynamics aren’t always simple. When communication breaks down or one side feels threatened, tension can build fast. And during emotional moments, those cracks can deepen into real conflict ...

The Science of Siblings is a new series exploring the ways our siblings can influence us, from our money and our mental health all the way down to our very molecules. We'll be sharing these stories ...

U.S. children under 18 live in a blended family most or all of the time – one that includes a stepparent, stepsiblings or ...

Dear Eric: “Left Out Sister” complains that her sister didn’t share the proceeds from the sale of their father’s house fairly. But Left Out Sister says she went along with it when the sister “asked me ...

"I think they think of Dad as 'Dad,' " my sister said to me one evening last summer. She was talking about our stepsiblings. "Do they call him 'Dad'?" I asked, feeling the words catch in my throat. "I ...

Researchers have learned a lot about blended families since the 1970s — when The Brady Bunch painted a perfect picture of stepsiblings getting... Blended families are common. Here are tips to help ...