The Nacho Kids Podcast: Blended Family Lifesaver

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Amy. Amy has been blending for nine years. She is a childless stepmom with two adult stepkids. Amy Nachos her stepkids but her significant other won't Nacho her dogs, which of course are like her kids!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Being a childless stepmom
• Boundaries and expectations
• Losing a parent at a young age
• Having a rocky relationship with a stepparent
• Stepfamily trips/vacations

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori and David, founders of Nacho Kids, interview Tracy Poizner of the Essential Stepmom. Tracy is a mom and a stepmom. She helps parents and children improve their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. As a parenting strategist, she teaches divorced dads how to raise children to become prosperous adults despite high conflict custody or limited visitation.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Parenting Paralysis
• Discipline
• Modeling the values you want your kids and stepkids to have
• Guilty Parent Syndrome

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews a childless stepmom to three stepdaughters. One of her stepdaughters is not biologically her husband's child. This stepmom has been blending for three and a half years and struggles with a high conflict bi-polar bio mom.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Dealing with a high conflict bi-polar bio mom
• Telling your significant other about the Nacho Kids method
• Nachoing what causes you stress
• House rules
• Nachoing bio mom

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Morgan! Morgan has been blending for five years, married two of those years, has two teenage twin stepdaughters, and two teenage bio sons! She also has a seven-year-old daughter, whom her husband is adopting. The bio father to her seven-year-old daughter was fighting her for custody while he was in the work release program in jail!

In this episode, we discuss:

• The family court system
• Nachoing one stepchild differently, or more, than another
• Significant other wanting to adopt one of the bio children
• Attending functions with the ex
• When bio mom has no rules

*** Disclaimer: This episode may not be suitable for children ***

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews Lisa, a stepmum from the UK! Lisa has been blending for about three years. She is a bio mom to adult bio kids and has a five-year-old stepdaughter. Her husband expects her to be "mom" to her stepdaughter and this is causing a lot of problems. Lisa, like many stepmoms, uses Facebook groups to talk about her stepmum struggles. Unfortunately, someone anonymously sent screenshots of her Facebook posts to child services and now Lisa is under investigation.

In this episode, we discuss:

• When your significant other wants you to "replace" the bio mom
• Dealing with a high conflict bio mom
• Bio mom not getting her kid on her scheduled time
• Facebook - not a "safe" place
• Boundaries

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori and David, founders of Nacho Kids, interview David's oldest son, Avery. David always felt Avery was impacted the most, out of all his kids, by his divorce from their mom. When Avery was a teenager, Lori had the fear a lot of stepparents have about their stepkids. The fear of the stepkids never moving out! Avery proved Lori's fears to be wrong when he joined the Air Force! Avery is now married to a lovely young lady and is doing awesome! He is an outstanding young man that David and Lori are very proud of!

In this episode, we discuss:

• The kid's viewpoint of divorce
• Bouncing back and forth between homes
• Blended family expectations
• Blended family realities
• Lori Nachoing

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Karen. Karen has been blending for five years and has a seven-year-old stepson. She Nachos stepson's bio mom and due to stepson's behavior recently taking a turn for the worse, Karen has had to step back a good bit in her stepmother role and start Nachoing her stepson.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Feeling like you gave your life up for the blend
• Learning your place in the blend
• Stepparent role is ever-evolving and changing
• Nachoing the bio mom
• Thinking about adding an "ours" kid to the blend

*** Disclaimer: This episode contains discussions of inappropriate sexual behavior between a bio kid and a stepkid. ***

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Jane. Jane has been blending for five years and has three stepkids and three bio kids. Jane admits to being a high-conflict bio mom in the past and feels it hurt her kids' relationships with their dad and stepmom. Jane is currently struggling with the fallout of her bio son and stepdaughter engaging in inappropriate sexual behavior.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Being a high conflict bio mom
• Dealing with an overstepping bio mom
• Not being first
• Pushing relationships in the blend
• Dealing with inappropriate sexual behavior with bio and stepkid

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori and David, founders of Nacho Kids, interview Elise Buie ~ Family Law Attorney in Washington state. She is a mom to four and a stepmom to two. Elise says her kids are very different than her husband's kids because her husband's kids were raised by military parents and are very disciplined, and let's just say her's aren't as disciplined.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Family court system issues
• Differences between how bio kids and stepkids were raised
• Food fights
• Post-divorce issues
• How to co-parent like CEOs

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, continues her interview with the Yankee Stepmom. Blending for 4-½ years, having four stepkids and two bio kids - one of which is adopted, the Yankee Stepmom and Lori discuss Mini-Wife Syndrome!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Mini-wife making you feel like the other woman
• Mini-wife parenting other kids
• Daddy's girl vs mini-wife syndrome
• Does bio dad discourage or encourage the mini-wife behavior
• Touching between mini-wife and bio dad