Posts tagged ‘Marriage’
A challenge called stepfamily: Safe Harbors in Step Families – Stepfamily
No, I did not find the answers every stepfamily member is looking for. No, I haven’t found the miracle formula. In fact, as of now, a few years on the road, I’m considering accepting like a proven fact that there…
Stepfamilies – Coping with the Past
It is important to allow for past experiences as much as possible. For example, children who were exposed to violence in their original family may take a long time to be able to really trust a new step-parent. This has nothing to do with the step-parent, but is a legacy of the past. It is [...]
Stepfamilies – How Relationships Australia Can Help You
Relationships Australia runs courses that deal with issues such as living in a blended family. Find out about the Family Skills – Parenting Courses in your state or territory. If you are unsure whether to proceed with re-marriage or setting up a household together, or if you are finding things heavy-going after you have taken [...]
Stepfamilies Parent Easy Guides–Parenting SA
Building a new family is an exciting but challenging time. It needs a lot of time, energy and hard work. There are many different kinds of stepfamilies and each will have different strengths to build on and difficulties to overcome. You can download the Stepfamily PEG from here. Related articles Stepfamily Problems – Stepfamily (stepfamilymagazine.com) [...]
Five Ways to Create Stronger Stepfamily Relationships – Stepfamily
Five Ways to Create Stronger Stepfamily RelationshipsPosted: April 18th, 2012, 1:30pm UTC by Step Parenting with GraceI was married to a physician turned alcoholic in my first marriage, and toward the end of that 11-year-union, I learned to apply the slogans of Alcoholics…