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Blended and Black is dedicated to promoting harmony and balance in mending, broken and blended millennial families. Our mission is to remove the stigma surrounding Step families while helping members redefine their roles and adjust to their new normal.

We are an ALL inclusive platform. ALL are welcome.

Naja Hall, Founder
Family Life Coach

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Blended and Black is dedicated to promoting harmony and balance in mending, broken and blended millennial families. Our mission is to remove the stigma surrounding Step families while helping members redefine their roles and adjust to their new normal.

We are an ALL inclusive platform. ALL are welcome.

FOUNDER, Naja Hall

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Can’t We ALL Just Get Along: New Wife vs. Ex Wife

Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin Today I talked with Blended and Black member, Antoinette. Together she and her Husband have blended clan of 8 children! Yup 8 kids! Her Husband has 4 from a previous marriage. Antoinette has 3. And together they have 1. Antoinette shares anecdotes about how to support a Spouse that share’s kids with a […]

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Disrespectful Stepkids and How to Handle Them

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Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinAre you dealing with disrespectful stepkids? Why would they be disrespectful? Like it or not, phrases like, “You’re not my Mom!” may be thrown around in times of disobedience and defiance. As a pruned at this very moment to defy my Husband and I every chance they get. They are being severely alienated and […]

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Bitter or Exhausted? The Thin Line Between Fed Up and Bitter “Baby Mamma”

Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin Too often women are saddled down with labels. We are constantly forced into a box of good, bad, worthy, unworthy and more. Women are seen as a second-class citizens in society and when it comes to parenting, there is no difference. We often hear men speak on their bitter baby mommas. She doesn’t […]

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How To Ease Long Distance Co-Parenting Conflict

Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin Blended and Black’s, Naja Hall sat down with Skyra Thomas, founder of Flip the Zip, a community that connects people looking to relocate. The ladies discussed moving with kids, a touchy topic that many step families will face at some point. Skyra has a positive long distance co-parenting relationship with her son’s father […]

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How My Parents’ Divorce Prepared Me for Mine

Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin I said I would never divorce. I am the child of divorced parents, and I had no intentions of putting my children through that experience. “Life,” however, had other plans and I find myself in the midst of separation. This set of circumstances forces me to examine my past experience in hopes to […]

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3 Ways to Survive Marital Separation

Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin Separation from your lifetime partner can be a heart wrenching affair. It is a death that we do not always prepare for and often don’t expect. Most of us see hard times and arguments and are aware of the work it takes to hold a marriage together, but what do you do when […]

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EXCLUSIVE: The Single Mom Behind the ‘Homeless to Harvard’ Teen Phenom

Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin By now, we’ve all heard about Richard “Tre” Jenkins, the teen that went from homeless to Harvard. He has been featured on CNN , The Root, Ebony, The New York Post and countless other news outlets. When CNN asked his mom, Quiana, if she was surprised, she said, “No, I always knew he would […]

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#AskDad: Daughter Loves Stepmom But Hates Her Mom

Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin Dear Ask Dad, As a man I have never written in to one of these columns, but I don’t know what to do. My daughter is 15 years old and she is a fantastic young lady. She is an honor student, captain of her basketball team and she volunteers as well. My issue […]

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Why is Blended and Black necessary?

In the US, the divorce rate for 1st marriages has risen to 50%. The divorce rate for 2nd marriages is 67%. The relationships that produce children leave parent’s with the dilemma of each contributing to their child’s welfare while being in separate households. A #Blended Family is born but unfortunately, most Blended families never truly blend. Also 4 out of 10 children are born to unwed mothers. More and more parents have the task of raising their children in different households. These rising dynamics may make the #Nuclear Family the exception and not the rule. We are Blended and Black!

Should You Stay Facebook Friends With Your Ex’s Family?

Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin Back in the good old days when all we had were pagers — scratch that, let’s go even further. Back in the good old days when all we had were answering machines and a mailbox, breaking up was much easier to do. All you had to do was stop sending mail and calling […]

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Letter to My Daughter’s Stepmum: A Message to Ex-Husband’s New Wife

Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin In a blog post that soon went viral, Candice Curry, 39, wrote ‘you were supposed to be hideous, remember? But you weren’t, you were stunningly beautiful’ Happy family: Candice Curry, left, and her daughter Stiles with stepmum Ashley Parish Many mothers dread the idea of another woman raising their child, but one has […]

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10 Things A Stepmom Would Never Tell A Birthmom (But Should)

Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin I’m a stepmom. I’ve written about it before but I consider being a stepmom one of the luckiest things that has ever happened to me. Some of you other stepmoms out there aren’t so lucky, and for whatever reasons you have bio-moms who you just can’t get along with, and who just can’t […]

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When Ex-Wives Become Alienators

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Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin After reading the list, don’t get discouraged when you notice that some of your own behaviors have been alienating your ex-spouse. This is normal in even the best of parents. Instead, let the list help sensitize you to how you are behaving and what you are saying to your children. Here are common […]

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B & B LOVE NOTES

My own personal blending guru

No one ever starts a family anticipating that it will split. Sometimes it is necessary though. As a divorced Dad, making the transition to a “new normal” was difficult. Naja has been my rock. Naja is not only my Wife, but she’s been a graceful presence while bonding with my kids. She has made herself a constant student on the subject of Blended families. She has an endless supply of empathy, patience and forgiveness. I am blessed to have my very own “Blended family guru!”

Tony Hall

Naja's Husband

Naja has been given a true gift

I have been a part of many Blended family forums, but Naja is by far the most passionate coach I have ever met. She has love and knowledge and the only explanation is that she has been given a true gift.

Stephanie W

Mom & Stepmom

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Often times when we forgive a person we allow them to hold the same position in our lives that they once had before they hurt us. This leaves room for the wrong type of people to only hurt us again. If you find yourself becoming a constant victim of the same person, realize that you cannot change them, but you can change how you deal with them. Today’s quick tip: People do not OWN a space in your life. They must earn it through time, trust, loyalty and on-going kindness. It’s totally ok to reclaim your space!

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