Ron Deal explodes the myth of the "blended" family as he provides practical, realistic solutions to the issues that stepfamilies face. He helps remarried and soon-to-be married couples: recognize the unique personality and place of each family member; solve the everyday puzzles of stepparenting and stepchildren relationships; learn communication ...
The groundbreaking classic, now revised, updated and expanded, covers the legal, financial and emotional realities of creating two happy and stable homes for children in the often difficult and confusing aftermath of a divorce.
The author of the classic "Mom's House, Dad's House," once again breaks new ground with this inspiring, upbeat, and wise family guide for all children and young adults whether they live in one home or two.
A clinical psychologist, and stepmother, offers practical advice and techniques to help stepparents bond with their stepchildren, explaining how to achieve long-lasting, rewarding, and close relationships with one's new children.
The book gives practical advice on dilemmas such as dealing with new grandparents and former spouses, relating to children from a previous marriage, coping with feelings of loss, asserting the need for flexibility, helping stepchildren of different ages adjust to various situations, discipling stepchildren, and resolving legal and financial ...
Tells parents how to develop a good relationship with their stepchildren, identifies common problems in stepfamilies, and discusses grandparents, adoption, and adult child.
More and more people over age sixty-five are remarrying each year, and few families are prepared for the avalanche of feelings that comes when adult children learn that a parent is getting remarried. Psychiatrist Grace Gabe and award winning author Jean Lipman-Blumen provide a practical guide with advice and understanding for every family facing ...
The Darwin seminars at the LSE have become a crucial intellectual forum in recent years. The series "Darwinism Today" consists of a series of short books, each drawing on the content of one of the seminars and written by many of the leading figures in the Darwinian revolution.
Blended families are becoming more common in today's society. Regardless of the circumstances, children often experience deep feelings of hurt, anger, and depression when two families join together. In this touching book focused on children from blended homes, author Maxine Marsolini uses her experience in a blended family as well as advice from ...
A psychologist offers insights into the reasons why stepfamilies succeed or fail, based on a 10-year longitudinal study. The author describes several types of stepfamilies, and shows the stress points and obstacles that occur over time. He also describes the periods when life is more peaceful, and offers substantial advice for all.
Here are innovative ways to defuse inevitable hostilities in blended families, cope with common fantasies of instant success, end power struggles, and encourage communication. Featuring exercises, visualizations--and a comprehensive bibliography and list of helpful organizations--this indespensable guide is both practical and compassionate.
For a step-parent, dealing with his/her kids, in-laws, ex-partners, and remarrying into parenthood is like stepping into a soap opera. Judy Ford provides advice to show the step-parent how to avoid the pitfalls and create and sustain familial harmony.
The New York Times bestselling author of How to Survive the Loss of a Love now presents a valuable handbook combining personal experience and professional expertise for understanding and overcoming the inevitable conflicts within stepfamilies. The most important tools in any effort to make peace are the ability to understand and the willingness to ...
Based on the author's experience as a family therapist and stepmother, and on interviews with more than fifty families, this book explores the ramifications for all concerned--remarried parents, his children, her children, and their baby--of having a mutual child.
In an era when teachers commonly report that up to half of the children in their classes come from multiple homes and have multiple caretakers, the special psychological challenges of stepparenting have never been in greater need of examination. As thoughtful clinicians have long known, stepparenting is among the most complicated of psychological ...
As the structure of American families changes, many adults are finding themselves responsible for children who are not their own. Whether the children involved are stepchildren, grandchildren, or foster children, this well-written book offers practical suggestions for those who have accepted the challenge to love another person's child.
Joseph Cerquone investigates the unique problems that are inherent in a family with stepchildren. He compassionately shows how to set realistic expectations, establish good relationships with stepchildren, effectively deal with a partner's ex-spouse, fairly discipline stepchildren, parent stepsiblings and cope with grandparents, holidays and ...
One of three Americans is now a stepparent, a stepchild, a stepsibling, or some other member of a stepfamily. Stepfamilies are different. The "old rules" that govern traditional families don't necessarily apply, and each stepfamily must define its own "new rules" that will work for a unique blended family. Einstein and Albert bring to this manual ...
Stepparenting is becoming increasingly important as our society undergoes continuing marital evolution. Today, more Americans are part of a second family than a first. Approximately thirty-five million people now live in stepfamilies with thirteen hundred new ones forming each day. Stepparenting without Guilt is designed to give the new and ...
A leading expert in the area of stepparenting provides sane, up-to-the-minute advice for dealing with the myriad issues of the stepfamily--from moving in together and the etiquette of weddings to holiday conflicts, discipline, and stepsibling rivalry.
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