Blending Families - Merging Households With Kids 8-18

So many families are considered blended these days, and yet many parenting books don't consider the roles and responsibilities of step-parents and step-parenting. While this book looks at the common parenting issues, it pays special attention to the needs of a new marriage and the centrality of that relationship in making the family unit work.

List of contents

Author's Note: Trevor Talks about Her Own Blended Families-Past and Present
Introduction: Who Needs This Book?
Part I: A Spectrum of Opportunities and Challenges
1: The Practical Meaning of Attachment Styles
2: Understanding Parenting-and Step-Parenting-Styles
3: Key Challenges to the Blending Process
4: Step-Parenting Issues with Pre-Teens
Sidebar: An Essay about a Half Sister Being a Whole Sister
5: Step-Parenting Issues with Teens-Risk and Reward
Part II: The Five Things You Must Have to Succeed
6: Trust and Trustworthiness
7: Vulnerability and Emotional Strength
8: The Bridge to Empathy
9: Truth as a Gateway
10: Structure with Feeling
Part III: Stories and Practical Insights
11: Challenges , Options, and Solutions
12: Advice from the Front Line-Blending DOs and DON'Ts

About the author

By Trevor Crow Mullineaux and Maryann Karinch

Summary

So many families are considered blended these days, and yet many parenting books don’t consider the roles and responsibilities of step-parents and step-parenting. While this book looks at the common parenting issues, it pays special attention to the needs of a new marriage and the centrality of that relationship in making the family unit work.

Product details

• Authors: Trevor Crow Mullineaux, Trevor Karinch Crow Mullineaux, Crow Mullineaux Trevor, Maryann Karinch, Karinch Maryann
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780810895683
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-9568-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, Family & relationships, Advice on parenting, Parenting: advice and issues, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Blending Families;EFT;Emotionally Focused Therapy