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Featured Selection:
Stepchildren Speak
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Book Notes:
Stepchildren Speak: Ten Grown-Up Stepchildren Teach Us How to Build
Healthy Stepfamilies
Reviewed by
Dawn Miller
If you’ve ever wondered what stepchildren truly think about their
experiences growing up in a stepfamily, then you need to check out this
book. Author Susan Phillips profiles ten people in their late twenties and
early thirties who grew up in stepfamilies. The interviewees describe how
it feels to juggle in between households and to navigate homes with
different values. This book does not spare any punches – it looks at
stepfamilies with honesty – in both their bad and good aspects. In some
cases the interviewees describe selfish and even abusive behavior from
their guardians. In others they talk about positive relationships with
siblings and parental figures, the merits of learning how to accept other
people’s differences, and talents they discovered because of the influence
of a stepparent. Drawing on their own experiences, the interviewees offer
advice to stepparents and stepchildren. |
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Family Rules: Helping
Stepfamilies & Single Parents Build Happy Homes |
Step by Step-Parenting. A Guide
to Successful Living With a Blended Family |
Seven Steps To Bonding With
Your Stepchild |
The Stepparent's Survival Guide |
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Divorce and New Beginnings: A
Complete Guide to Recovery, Solo Parenting and Stepfamilies |
Living in a Stepfamily Without
Getting Stepped On |
The Not So Wicked Stepmother, A Book for Children and Adults |
Loving Someone Else's Child |
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Featured Selection
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Stepparenting
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Book Notes: The Complete
Idiot's Guide to Stepparenting
Reviewed by
Dawn Miller
I am slightly embarrassed to admit it, but I actually own this book and
it's very helpful because it is so down-to-earth. If you are new to
stepparenting and only have time or patience to look at one book, this is
the one you need. It covers understanding your role as as stepparent,
discipline, holidays and visitation. The sections on stepteens and
communicating with your stepkids have helpful suggestions, and the section
on weddings (what do you do when the kids aren't delighted to hear you are
getting married) is practical. Chapters discussing multicultural
stepfamilies and gay stepfamilies are something you rarely find in
stepfamily books - so it is refreshing to see them here. I especially
appreciated the attention paid in this book to the many other people
outside the stepfamily who influence it - the ex-spouse, in-laws, and
grandparents. |
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The Stepparent's Survival Guide: A Workbook for
Creating a Happy Blended Family |
Winning the Heart of Your Stepchild |
Wonderful Ways to Be a Stepparent |
Making the Best of Second Best: A Guide to Positive Stepparenting |
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Stepfamilies: A Multidimensional Perspective |
A Guide to Family Mergers |
Daily Reflections for Stepparents: Living and Loving in a New Family |
Stepparenting Without Guilt |
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Step Wars |
Positive Discipline for Your Stepfamily: Nurturing Harmony, Respect and
Joy In Your New Family |
Ex-Etiquette for Parents. Good Behavior After a Divorce or Separation |
Stepfamily Relationships: Developments, Dynamics and Interventions |
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Do You Really Want to be a Stepparent? |
Your Stepfamily's Road Map |
Merging Families: A Step by Step Guide for Blending Families |
Build a High-Nurturance Stepfamily: A Guide for Co-Parents |
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The Co-Parenting Survival Guide: Letting Go of Conflict after a Difficult
Divorce |
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