Richard R RamosRichard R. Ramos. Founder of Parents on a Mission,Youth on a Mission, and Latino Coalition for Community Leadership

Step Parenting Real Talk My Journey Through Blended Family Challenges

23 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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Richard R. Ramos shares his experience as a stepparent and introduces his book on blending families. His stepson became a high school football coach who won five state championships in seven years, a success Ramos credits to navigating blended family challenges thoughtfully.

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So today what I want to do, I'm going to share from my other book, uh, the last book I've written, which is The Art of Step Parenting: How to Blend Families Without Tearing Them Apart. Now this is a big part of my story, my personal story. Um, I've been a stepparent my whole parenting life. Uh, when I married my wife, the mother of my children, she already had my my stepson, who, um, at the time was 2 and now he's 50 or 51. They're doing a great job. He's a high school football coach, but, uh, I gotta brag a little bit. He's won 5 of the last 7 state championships in Idaho, so they've been the state champion the last 5 out of 7 years. And so we're, we're just very, very proud of him. Uh, but that journey started a long time ago, and it, it wasn't, uh, easy. It hasn't been easy.