The dynamics of a traditional family don’t even come close to the complications that stepfamilies face.
- Gayla Grace

I don’t believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at.
- Maya Angelou

DNA doesn’t make a family - love does.

When trouble comes, it’s your family that supports you.
- Guy Lafleur

There will always be steps you can take toward unity in your blended family. You will make—one step at a time!
- Donna Houpe

Instead of raising children who turn out okay despite their childhood, let’s raise children who turn out extraordinary because of their childhood.
- L. R. Knost

Stop thinking that things are going to be perfect. It’s not going to happen. The kids will not get along all the time, the house will not always be quiet… You will not always hear ‘please’ and ‘thank you.’ It isn’t realistic. What is realistic is taking stock of how incredibly lucky you are to have more children to love and to guide.
- Kellee Mulkerin-Ford

You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.
- Desmond Tutu

If the family were a boat, it would be a canoe that makes no progress unless everyone paddles.
- Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Make a positive difference in your children’s lives. Act and speak about your co-parent with respect and integrity.
- Allison Pescosolido