Jessica Butler

Jessica Butler is the co-founder of Raise, stepmother of two, and adoptive mother of one. Prior to Raise, she was a writer on USA’s "In Plain Sight" and TNT’s "The Last Ship." She and her husband, writer/producer Warren Bell, co-created the Nick at Nite series "Instant Mom," based on her life as a stepmother. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and six-year-old son, Levon.

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The Sandwich My Kid Eats For Lunch Every Day, Raise Magazine
The Sandwich My Kid Eats For Lunch Every Day
And dinner. And sometimes breakfast. My husband is an incredible cook, but he didn’t set…
My Blended Family: Co-Parenting With My Ex-Husband's Ex-Wife, Raise Magazine
My Blended Family: Co-Parenting With My Ex-Husband’s Ex-Wife
Mother of three Halley Dean talks real-life Parent Trap, evil stepmothers, and co-parenting with her…
Stop Saying My Adopted Child Is Lucky To Have Me, Raise Magazine
Stop Saying My Adopted Child Is Lucky To Have Me
While we appreciate the sentiment, adoptive and foster parents can’t help but cringe when they…
Stepmoms: The Invisible Heroes of Back-To-School, Raise Magazine
Stepmoms: The Invisible Heroes of Back-To-School

To the stepmom who fills out the school forms that don’t list a blank for…

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Influenced My Pandemic Parenting, Raise Magazine
How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Influenced My Pandemic Parenting
For the lucky few of us who can control our own hours, Justice Ginsburg offers…
The Dos and Don’ts Of Eloping During The Pandemic, Raise Magazine
The Do’s and Don’ts Of Eloping During The Pandemic
While I would change a few details about the day, I have never once regretted…
Distance Learning Essentials for Remote Kindergarten, Raise Magazine
Distance Learning Essentials for Remote Kindergarten
Everything you need to survive, and dare we say, thrive, during distance learning this fall.…
In Conversation with Jeena Wilder: Our Transracial Adoption, Raise Magazine
Jeena Wilder Shares Her Family’s Transracial Adoption Story
"I see color, but I've never seen it as a reason why you can't do…
How To Talk To Your Kids About 9/11, Raise Magazine
How To Talk To Kids About 9/11
How is it that the parents I know, who take their five-year-olds to protests, thoughtfully…
What To Expect During Your First Week of Virtual Kindergarten, Raise Magazine
What To Expect Your First Week of Virtual Kindergarten
Adjusting your expectations may be the key to survival. If it’s possible to survive this…