This past month we covered the Economy, Divorce, and Education.

How we chose to educate our children. This is a topic about which we all have an opinion. Whether we are homeschooling or sending our children to public or private schools. making the decision is not something any of us take lightly.

The show that elicited the most responses, by far, was about the economy. I am not sure that there are any of us who have not been affected.

Cheeky Lotus has been transparent about the struggle her family has gone through over the past year. And just this past week she wrote this revealing post. The new normal, the one where you are thankful for your job and food on your table.

Portraits of an Economy, a blog that tells the stories of how individuals have been effected by the downturn in the economy.

Interestingly enough, there are now more families in the U.S. that are blended in some way than traditional families. And yet, of all the topics that we have covered to date on Backtalk, this one has had the least amount of responses. From all of you! We have wondered why this is.

Is it because it is too personal? Is it because the topic is too painful for those of you still going through it? Is it because there is a different standard for blogging about step-children and step family relationships? Most of the people that I know personally who are step-parenting, going through a divorce, or sharing custody of their children after a divorce, are choosing not to blog publicly about it.

Here are some more great posts that didn't make it into the show.

Sassafrass

Divorce Saloon

Guest post on Midlife Bloggers

Lisa Stone, blogging about her own blended family at BlogHer.

We'd love to hear your thoughts on being first wives, second wives, and blending families. Maybe tell us your thoughts on why there seem to be so few people blogging on this topic.