It's the most daunting task many parents will ever face: bringing
two growing families together into one brand new marriage. But even
though statistics show that most remarriages are at high
risk--especially when there are kids involved--more and more people
are learning how to make them work and more and more kids are
coming out of them with their psyches and souls intact. This honest
and hopeful book looks at those successes--and at some failures--to
show what they have in common: ten essential secrets that are at
the heart of a healthy blended family.
As a stepparent with six children in a blended family, Barbara
LeBey draws on her own family's hard-won success, as well as on
extensive interviews and new research to show how to navigate the
stresses, sticking points, pitfalls and perils most couples don't
even anticipate. Starting with her first controversial secret--that
the new marriage comes first, even before the demands of the
children--LeBey debunks prevalent stepfamily myths and anticipates
common traps. (Among them, money issues, warring stepsiblings, and
destructive exes.) A strong advocate for children (including how to
guard against fade-out parenting), she also suggests ways that
in-laws, schools, and the legal system itself could provide better
support for blended families. REmarried with Children is an expert,
compassionate, down-to-earth book to turn to over and over again
for advice, support and sanity.
Key topics include how to:
-Meet your children's and stepchildren's needs--without letting
them undermine your new marriage
-Understand the new roles, new rules, and the new relationships for
children and stepchildren of a blended family
-Deal withangry and/or manipulative exes--without adding fuel to
the fire
-Handle key decisions about finances, religion, traditions,
behavior and discipline
-Maintain healthy relationships with your children's
grandparents--and other relatives--from a previous marriage
-Recognize warning signs of trouble ahead--and get the help you
need
"From the Hardcover edition.
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