When Your Step Child Grows Up - Stepparenting
Our oldest son, Derek, was 10 years old when I started filling the mom role for him. Dave and his first wife had been divorced for over a year and apart for nearly two, and Dave had full-time physical custody of the kids. The kids rarely saw ... [... more]
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Disciplining as a Team - Stepparenting
Probably one of the more notable challenges of living in a blended family is adjusting to the various lifestyles and attitudes each of us bring to the newly formed family unit. My step kids were old enough, when their biological mother left, to ... [... more]
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It's Not About Blood -- It's About Heart - Stepparenting
The most common response I get when introducing my children is behind-the-scenes calculation while they try to figure out just how young I was when the oldest was born. Depending on who it is and how much time I have, I sometimes just let them ... [... more]
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Changing Perspective - The Bio Mom's Viewpoint - ...
I'm a step mom, so I tend to talk about everything from a step mom's perspective. I suppose that's only natural; I write what I know, what I experience. However, I recently had an extended email conversation with a biological mom about step ... [... more]
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Before Becoming a Step Mom - Stepparenting
I've been reading out step parenting forum, and lately, there has been a lot of heart-breaking stories appearing from women who really don't want to be step moms. If you are thinking about marrying a man with children, please consider carefully ... [... more]
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Holiday Advice for Step Moms and Step Dads - Stepparenting
With the holidays coming, I have offered some advice to biological moms and dads out there about how to make sure your children don't suffer through the sometimes very difficult tug of war of the holiday season. Even more important is the advice ... [... more]
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Jigsaw Puzzle Family: The Stepkids' Guide to Fitting It ...
 For all the kids who wonder how the jigsaw puzzle pieces of their newly combined family will ever fit together, MacGregor has created another warm and understanding resource for children of divorce. Jigsaw Puzzle Family helps kids realize they're not [... more]
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Other People's Children
Joanna Trollope is a writer who seldom strikes a wrong note *, and in Other People's Children, a #1 international bestseller, she has composed her best work to date. Delving into the dynamics of stepfamily life, she introduces us to two couples whose [... more]
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The Step-Tween Survival Guide: How to Deal With Life in ...
Suvival Guide helpful and entertaining: The Step-Tween Survival Guide is an excellent book for anyone in a stepfamily. It incorporates very honest, real life stories with great practical advice. There are even entertaining and helpful quizzes and [... more]
$9.95
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Divorce and New Beginnings: An Authoritative Guide To ...
Useful resource for parents trying to recover from divorce.: This 1992 book by Genevieve Clapp is a treasure. Less about Divorce than about New Beginnings, it concentrates on the healing process, with practical everyday guidance on getting on with your [... more]
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Blended Families An Anthology
Practical Pointers from Poignant Stories: This is an anthology of heart warming and heart breaking stories that demonstrate the complexities of making blended families work successfully. The anthology includes practical pointers from sources representing [... more]
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Stepfamily Life Can Be Hell but It Doesn't Have to Be!: ...
Worked for ME!: As a "never been married," this book saved my sanity when I married someone with two teenagers. Great advice for parent - parenting as well as parenting in "new families." This book helped me with skills to stay out of [... more]
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