Hey, Who's In My House?

According to the Stepfamily Foundation, one in three Americans live in a stepfamily. While much has been written about the stereotype and realities of the wicked stepmother and stepparent struggles, but an integral part of all these changing families hasn't been truly addressed: the kids who are thrown together as stepkids and stepsiblings, to a kid many already reeling from their parent's divorce, being thrown into a living situation with another family's child can rock their world. Hey, Who's In My House shares their stories.

Erin Mantz Erin Mantz, Editor and Contributor of Hey, Who's In My House?, is a writer, marketing professional and mom of two active boys, ages 10 and 14. An only child but with nine step and half brothers and sisters, her personal experiences of stepfamily life in different families offer a unique perspective on how people define home and family. Her work has appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul Parenting, The Huffington Post Divorce and Parenting, Washington Parent Magazine, the New York Post, Bethesda Magazine and more. She has more than twenty years of experience in communications and currently works in healthcare marketing. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Ithaca College in New York, New York, was born and raised in Chicago, and currently resides in the Washington, DC area.