Stepfamily quotes

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.
- Richard Bach

No matter the word that comes before it, every family is still a family at the core.

Blended families are stronger together than they are apart.

We started as separate, but now we’re equal.

We aren’t "step", we aren’t "half", we’re just family.

If you are a stepparent, rush right out and get yourself a dog. Because it's very nice to have someone in the house that loves you.
- Delia Ephron

If you're struggling with a stepchild relationship that's on a downward spiral, don't give up. God redeems relationships every day.
- Gayla Grace

We all took one step back when life didn’t go as planned, but now we take all our steps forward together.

Remember why you chose to come together in the first place—the love that you have for your partner. Your partner’s children are an extension of them and this makes them just as important to your happiness.

We all cherish this day with all kinds of joy as we celebrate our step family day and pray for the welfare of the persons who come in our life and become a beautiful part of it.

You are facing one of the most important challenges of your life. Yet being a member of a blended family can be an exciting adventure for all concerned.
- Kathie M. Thomson

A step parent is so much more than just a parent; they made the choice to love when they didn't have to.

We combined our two families to make one mega, magical, super-strong, ultra powerful family.

I don’t have stepchildren, I have children who happened to be born before I met them.

My step child has opened up my heart completely.

Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
- Robert Fulghum

The blended family isn’t just an ordinary family times two. It’s a special kind of family with special needs.
- Maxine Marsolin

My stepdaughters have two really great parents who love them to pieces. I don't have to be 'the mother' — they already have a mom. I support their father with parenting, but for my personal relationship with them, I get to really enjoy the kids.
- Brynn Bruno

I didn't necessarily want a new family, but I'm glad this one found me.

A healthy stepmother knows that somedays she’s a stagehand, somedays she’s the leading lady and somedays she’s the audience… and she plays each role with style and grace.

Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.
- Michael J. Fox

A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss… That’s the trade-off. But I’ll take it all.
- Brad Pitt

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