Stepmoms often struggle to balance being a disciplinarian, a friend, or an outsider.

If you want to tailor this framework to your own life, tell me: What is the involved?

You might wonder why this specific location and time matter. Victoria has a unique demographic: it is one of Canada’s fastest-growing regions for second marriages and "later-in-life" blended families. With the housing crisis pushing multiple generations and ex-partners into closer proximity, the pressure on step-moms has reached a boiling point.