Becoming Family: How to Build a Stepfamily That Really Works
Book Description
A practical guide for meeting the challenges of stepfamily life.
More than one in five families with two parents is a stepfamily, and eight million children live in stepfamilies. The stepfamily is both a wonderful blessing and a challenge.
Drawing on their own experiences, and that of the stepfamilies with whom they have worked. Robert and Jeanette Lauer give realistic, helpful advice on how to deal with the major challenges in stepfamily life: Loss, adjustment, personal identity, family identity, loyalty conflicts, former spouses, resources, stepparenting, and marital intimacy. The authors encourage the formation of stepparent support groups, and an appendix includes activities and suggestions for small-group discussion.
Sun and Storms: Chronicles of a Stepfamily
Book Description
This book is a gutsy and heartfelt portrayal of a stepfamily's trials and triumphs during their first seven years together. Based on the author's family, an inspiring and truthful book that stepparents need to read.
