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- Step Families & Remarriage - Great Ways to Ruin a Step Family - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2007 from Alyssa JohnsonStep families are hard. Anyone who says different doesn’t know what they’re talking about. Unfortunately the Brady Bunch just isn’t a reality. Those kids didn’t have two homes they were going back and forth to. They didn’t have parents who were trying to co-parent with an ex-spouse. And ...
Views: 3349 - National Stepfamily Day - A Recognition of Family - by According to the Stepfamily Association of America, 1 out of 3 Americans is a stepparent, stepchild, or other member of a stepfamily.
With approximately 1300 new stepfamilies being formed every day in the U.S. and the prediction that by 2010 there will be more stepfamilies in the U.S. than any ...
Views: 1441 - BUILDING TRUST AND ACCEPTANCE WITH STEPCHILDREN - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2007 from Dr. Waln BrownBUILDING TRUST AND ACCEPTANCE WITH STEPCHILDREN By Waln K. Brown, Ph.D. William Gladden Foundation If you are having trouble building a relationship with your stepchildren, do not despair. You are not alone. Nearly 50% of all families in the United States are stepfamilies. Many of these ...
Views: 3718(2 votes) - STEPPARENTS: THE MARRIAGE - by How often have we witnessed -- or been part of -- a
situation where one parent hollers to the other, "you ALWAYS
do that and I'm sick of it!" Probably quite frequently. How
often have you seen it lead to a quiet, mature discussion of
the problem? Not very often.
For a stepparent, a ...
Views: 1857 - A New National Holiday: Stepparents Day - by A New National Holiday: Stepparents Day
By Beth Bruno © 2001
There are millions of unsung heroes and heroines in our midst, men and women who deserve recognition but get a bum rap instead. Who are they? They are people like me.
When I met the man I eventually married, he brought two ...
Views: 6385 - HIS KIDS: BECOMING A W.O.W. STEPMOTHER - by A stepparent's role is not that of a biological parent, but of a real parent nonetheless. WOWs (Wives Of Widowers) should not be quick to replace the late wife as a mother, but to become to the child the closest thing to a mother he or she has got. The WOW who loves her husband accepts that his ...
Views: 14872(1 vote) - Stepbrothers Teach Their Parents - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2005 from Gary DirenfeldStepbrothers Teach Their Parents Andy and Daniel were both 9 years old. Both lived with their respective mothers. Both had time together with their fathers although Daniel’s time with his father was more irregular. Daniel’s mother met Andy’s father. They courted for several years during which ...
Views: 1426 - Navigating Parenting Differences - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2004 from Emily BouchardNavigating Significant Parenting Differences A significant difference in parenting styles is one of the most difficult aspects of blending a family. Each adult arrives in the partnership with their background, their experiences, and all the beliefs they have associated with being a parent. ...
Views: 2911(3 votes) - Smoothing the Step-Parenting Transition - by Three years ago, when John and Julie Smith fell in love and decided to marry they wanted to know what they could do to ease the transition of their marriage on their children. Each had 2 biological children of their own, ranging in age from 8 to 16 and John and Julie knew that getting the ...
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