I am a 40 year old male on my 2nd marrage. I have 2 children by each and one step son. I am really fed up with the way the laws look at child support and custady. you see i have not talked to my daughtors(first marrage) in about 3 years. I have joint custody and full visitation rights but my exwife will not let me talk to them or anything like that. if i get the phone number and call them she will take it off the hook and have it changed in a day or two.i am disabled now and on a fixed income and can't afford to take her to court over the problem and don't know if i would if i could. you see my wife now and i have a great relationship and 2 wonderful kids. before i was hurt i was in and out of court with her , a constant battle to keep my right to my girls . it was one thing after another with the ex. from her telling my new wife that i would be in jail and would not get to see my first child with my new wife be born , she wanted more child support, she is remarried now and i wish her husband had kids(i don't know if he does or not) so she could see what pain i go though not see or talking to my girls. i was a good father,AM A GOOD FATHER., and think there should be a way for a man to see his kids with out all the headache of a ex wife saying when it is right and no you can't see them anymore ...my ex has even tried to have me arrested for wanting to drop off some Christmas gifts for my daughters(the charge was litering { can you believe that}). I worry about them alot and just want to hear there voice from time to time.

I am a Married woman to a man with two daughters from a previous marriage and though I primarily get along with both, I still am having probs with the oldest daughter trying to be in control of our house and telling me I do not belong. I have been in their life since the oldest was 9 and youngest 7. It tears me apart constantly when they are here and all she wants is fight with me. I finally give up and hide..So I do not feel in the way.

Talk about a blended family we are a lesbian couple who both have children from a previous hedrosexual relationship and we are not doing well right now. We have been together for almost two years and we are on the verge of a break up. The children love each other 100% but my partner has issues with space and the kids being around all the time so she lashes out at myself and my son. She is so loving in so many ways but she is also a very selfish person and has trouble with any of our kids needing one on one time. She almost refuses to show my son any affection and never when our girls are around we only have them three and a half days a week.

I just finished watching the show about 'blended family backlash' and how the stepmother's insecurity was pushing the daughter away from the father. My children are experiencing that very same issue with their father and stepmom (who demands to be called "Mom" or else!). Everyone involved NEEDS TO SEE THIS SHOW! I think it could bring about some vital understanding and awareness that is missing.

My problem is i married the same man twice. i divorced him for cheating and also he promised me we would have children then said no once we were married. He has now 2 children with someone else and I cant seem to deal with it . we fight all the time about them.Do u have any advice that would help

Is your show airing in Meridian Mississippi?

This is not directly about the topic of blending, but of "un-blending". Some day, Dr. Ablow should address the issue of when blended families break up, and what happens to the stepparent.

I was married for 17 years, and although she didn't live with us, I helped raise his daughter since she was 2. We were actually very close. Since we told her we are getting divorced, she wants nothing to do with me. Her father has said nothing bad about me to her, our divorce is amicable, and I know this for a fact.

I know this is hard on her, and I am giving her space, but it really hurts to have someone you love as your own child cut you off after all this time. I have a friend that this happened to also...so I suspect it is fairly common.