Article: Blended family finances: when it comes to remarriage, money issues are tricky.(LIVING: MONEY MANAGEMENT)

DAVE SASSAMAN HAS HIS KIDS, NATALIE AND NICHOLAS, three days a week and every other weekend. Jennifer Sassaman has her son, Kaden, during the week, every other weekend and for half the summer. Both parents divvy up vacation time and holidays with the kids' other parents. Jennifer cares for all three children after school. Welcome to the world of blended families, where the calendar is king and the soccer shoes are always at the other house. More than ten million kids live with a biological parent and a stepparent, according to the Census Bureau. In almost half of stepfamilies, each parent brings one or more kids to the mix. Most of those parents go on to have children together. ...

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