The Nacho Kids Podcast: Blended Family Lifesaver

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews the Yankee Stepmom. The Yankee Stepmom has been blending for 4-½ years, has four stepkids and two bio kids - one of which is adopted. She learned to Nacho and wishes her husband would do the same. Unfortunately, her husband not nachoing her bio kids has caused a lot of stress in the home and she is thinking it may be best for her adopted son to go live with his bio dad for a year - 14 hours away.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Moving into the house the significant other shared with the ex
• Bio mom overstepping
• When your significant other won't Nacho
• Considering letting your bio child go live with the other bio parent
• Being put on antidepressants after becoming a stepmom

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Holly. Holly and her significant other have been blending for eight years. Holly has a stepdaughter who is 13, a bio daughter who is 10, and two "ours" daughters ages 7 and 1. She and her stepdaughter started getting close which upset the bio mom. When stepdaughter was about 10, she and Holly started having issues, so Holly and her husband went to marriage counseling. The counselor told Holly she needed to back off.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Being a stepkid
• Relationships between "ours" kids and stepkid
• When stepkid is an only child at the other home
• Letting the bio parent handle the discipline
• Being told you need to step back

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori and David, founders of Nacho Kids, interview stepmom Kaila. Kaila and her significant other have been blending for about a year. She has a stepson that is 7 years old and a stepdaughter that is 3 years old. Part of the custody agreement between Kaila's significant other and the bio mom was that bio mom would meet Kaila before she met the kids and Kaila had to wait four months before meeting the kids.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Not knowing anything about stepfamilies
• Realizing you are not their mom
• Being/feeling second
• Wanting a child of your own
• Nachoing

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori and David, founders of Nacho Kids, interview blended couple Crystal & Mike. Crystal has no children of her own, and Mike has two kids - a son who is 15 years old and a daughter who is 13 years old. They have been blending for 3 years and have the kids fifty percent of the time. Crystal's hardest part of blending was feeling like she didn't belong in the pre-made family.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Being a stepkid
• Living close to the bio mom
• Disney Dad
• Coming into a ready-made family

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Kayala. Kayala has been blending for three years and has two stepkids - one of which is neurodivergent, two bio kids, and an ours kid. Kayala grew up in a blended family where her dad was kind of pushed out of the picture. She has a good relationship with her stepkids now, but it wasn't always that way.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Being a stepkid
• Dealing with a high conflict bio mom
• Gentle parenting
• Not being one family

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews Mary Lynn Bradshaw of The Suburban Urban Mom YouTube channel. When Lori ran across Mary Lynn talking about Nachoing on her channel she thought she was going to hear someone talk about how Nachoing is so bad or wrong information about Nachoing. Surprisingly, Mary Lynn "got it". Lori was shocked! She had to reach out to Mary Lynn and ask her to be a guest! Mary Lynn has been blending for 7 years and is a full-time stepmom. She has one teenage stepdaughter, a teenage bio son, and a 4-year-old ours child. Nacho was a turning point for Mary Lynn and her stepdaughter.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Being a full-time stepmom
• Nachoing and the Nacho Kids method
• When your significant other still has a relationship with bio mom's family
• Gratitude journals
• Having an ours baby

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews Aimee & John who have been blending for almost eight years. Aimee has an 11-year-old son, John has a 9-year-old daughter, and they have a 1-½-year-old son together. From the beginning of their marriage and for years they tried to force a nuclear family out of the blend and felt rejected when it backfired. They found the Nacho Kids method and decided to give it a try!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Trying to force the blend
• Parental alienation
• The family court system and court orders
• Coordinating schedules with the kids
• The Nacho Kids method works

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, continues their "Month Of Men" with an interview with Jonnie Jensen of Team Super Dad! Jonnie became a stepchild after his mom passed away when Jonnie was 9-years-old and his dad remarried. Jonnie's stepmom didn't come into the blend trying to shape or overly mother him and his brother, she just joined the ride. Of course, some thought it was wrong of her not to try to take over the motherly role since the bio mom had passed away. When Jonnie grew up and got married, he married a lady with a 6-year-old son. The hardest part of being a stepdad for Jonnie was having to be the primary parent when his wife was ill. Jonnie and his wife had two beautiful children before they decided to separate. After several years in the court system, Jonnie finally was able to get 50/50 with his biological kids. Jonnie and his stepson do not have much of a relationship as the stepson felt after Jonnie and his mom split up that it would hurt his mom if he continued to have a relationship with Jonnie. Jonnie started Team Super Dad to help fathers, and those in fatherly roles, discover their true powers and create an epic life.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Being a stepkid after losing your mother
• Being a stepdad
• Don't shout, hug it out!
• Parallel parenting
• Team Super Dad

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, continues their "Month Of Men" with an interview with Matt Larson of The Human Improvement Project! Matt has a great desire to help children. He worked with the federal government to help get the Adam Walsh Child Protection Act bill passed and more recently helped create the "Happy Child" parenting app! Although Matt is not a stepparent, his advice can be applied to the blend, especially when the Nacho stepparent starts the re-engagement process. And of course, we know many stepparents are also bio parents and can benefit from this interview and his "Happy Child" app. Join us as Matt talks to us about improving our long term well being.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Human Improvement Project
• Improving your long term well being
• Happiness and unhappiness chemicals in our body
• The 20-second hug
• Building deep bonds

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori and David, founders of Nacho Kids, continue their "Month Of Men" with an interview with Joel Hawbaker of the 10 CBF Blended Families Podcast. Joel is the bio dad of two beautiful teenage girls who he adores. Joel isn't a stepdad, but he is a stepkid and gives us a great view on being a stepkid of military parents. He lived with his mom full time and went to his dad's every other weekend. Until Joel could drive, his dad still came by and took him and his siblings to school in the mornings because of his mom's work schedule. Joel, like many parents - I'd even venture to say ALL parents- has had a few struggles in parenting and building healthy relationships with his kids. Joel is blessed to have his awesome wife of a little over six years by his side. She has a good relationship with the stepkids and is an amazing stepmom! We hope to interview his lovely wife in the future!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Being a stepkid
• Differences in the blend
• When the bio kids want to live with the other parent
• Co-parenting
• The Mason jar idea