Blended Families - Step Parenting Tips http://blended-families.com/... Blended Families can flourish and thrive through the process of merging households by using our step parenting coaching, teleclasses, ebooks and free newsletter
Step Wars Book Review Part 2 http://www.blended-families.com//stephero/step-... Step Wars is an excellent and practical guide to help avoid pitfalls, to repair past damage, to maintain healthy relationships and to help everyone enjoy an adult step family experience. This is the second part of Sheena Berg's Review of the Book by Grace Gabe and Jean Lipman-Blumen.
Step Wars: Realistic Expectations and the Five Saving Graces http://www.blended-families.com//stephero/five-... Step Wars is an excellent and practical guide to help avoid pitfalls, to repair past damage, to maintain healthy relationships and to help everyone enjoy an adult step family experience.
Step Wars: Overcoming the Perils and Making Peace in Adult Stepfamilies, Book Review by Yvonne Kelly http://www.blended-families.com//stephero/step-... What I love about this book is that it covers the full spectrum of life in adult stepfamilies, from everything you might expect to everything that you couldn’t possibly anticipate. Once again, the dynamics of stepfamilies are at their most powerful and toxic when they’re what we least expect and I think the trap that many parents fall into is EXPECTING that their kids are going to be nothing but happy for them once they find that special someone later in life.
Angry Teens How to Help Them http://www.blended-families.com/stephero/angry-... Every family has a challenging issue that triggers some emotional landmines. Take some time to explore with your partner the landmines that get triggered the most for each of you. Then look at the ways you currently handle situations when someone in your household gets angry or frustrated.
Stop and Think Before You Act http://www.blended-families.com/stephero/stop-a... Highly recommended reading for parents who are inpulsive. By choosing to stop and think in the midst of your anger, you protect your child from the intensity and the power of your anger. And, you get to take care of yourself first, as a way to be even more present and available to your children in the future. By owning your own stuff first, and not passing it to your kids, you get to break a cycle that has been in place for generations! That's what being a "StepHero" is all about.
2nd Marriage Trouble Spots to Avoid http://www.blended-families.com/stephero/marria... A large part of Emily Bouchard's coaching practice is about repairing the damage done to marital relationships in blended families. To a large degree the damage is done by four miserable, relentless characters, that when allowed to move in, cause devastation and destruction to any chance for intimacy and longevity in a marriage (or otherwise committed partnership). Read this wonderful article about how to avoid marriage trouble spots
SecondWivesClub.com http://www.secondwivesclub.com... Social Networking and Support for Stepmothers and Second Wives Social Networking and Support for Stepmothers and Second Wives
Career Women Turned Step Moms http://www.blended-families.com/stephero/career... Becoming an instant stepmom is sometimes the most challenging task a successful career woman will take on. A Career Girl's Guide to Becoming a Stepmom by Jacquelyn B. Fletcher addresses every important issue about being a step mom, and is filled with advice from professionals and other career women turned step mom.
