The Two-Refrigerator Solution: Teaching Tolerance in a Blended Family

By Lisa Cohn

Reprinted with permission from Mothering Magazine (www.mothering.com).

Before Bill and I formed our stepfamily, he and his kids were terrified of my refrigerator.
Venturing into my refrigerator was like embarking on a wildlife safari, Bill liked to say; the fridge was organized much like a jungle after a …