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 ...

"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, ...

Pew Research Center says blended families can be a very different mix of children with a stepparent, half sibling, ...

It’s really heartbreaking when a blended family doesn’t blend well. Imagine being treated horribly by your step siblings. Would you try to stay away from them as much as possible, or would you simply ...

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 ...

I inherited enough money from my late father to live comfortably and be able to focus on my creative career rather than paying the bills. I have had some success, but it has been chilled by the ...

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 ...

A teen has revealed she plans on keeping a large inheritance for herself despite pleas from her mom and stepfather to share some of the money with her siblings. The 17-year-old girl took to Reddit's ...