Navigating Life With A Blended Family

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🗓️ 15 October 2024

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Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on the podcast "Call Her Daddy" last week. She spent some time responding to a comment from Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee-Sanders who spoke about the Democratic nominee at a Trump rally in September.

"My kids keep me humble. Unfortunately, Kamala Harris doesn't have anything keeping her humble," said Sanders.

Kamala Harris is a step-mom to her husband, Doug Emhoff's two kids.

What does it mean to be a step-mom – and for that matter, step-kid, dad, and sibling? Co-called blended families are everywhere. We discuss what it's like being in a blended family and navigating life outside of one.

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0:24.0	Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on the hugely popular
0:35.3	podcast Call Her Daddy last week. This is not the 1950s anymore. Families come
0:42.2	in all kinds of shapes and forms and their family nonetheless.
0:47.1	She was responding there to a comment from Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders who spoke at a
0:52.0	Trump rally in September.
0:53.6	My kids keep me humble.
0:57.2	Unfortunately, Kamala Harris doesn't have anything
1:01.4	keeping her humble.
1:03.0	Kamala Harris is a step-mom to her husband,
1:07.0	Doug Hemhoff's, two kids.
1:08.0	We have our family by blood, and then we have our family by love.
1:12.0	And I have both and I consider it to be a real blessing and I have two beautiful
1:20.8	children Colin Ella who call me mamala. We have a very modern family. My
1:28.9	husband's ex-wife is a friend of mine.
1:32.3	And all of this, including Sarah Huckaby Sanders' humility, follows one very viral moment
1:38.4	from this election.
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