Stepparenting category: 115 books
by Erika Lutz
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1998
You're no idiot, of course. You know how to push a toddler on a swing, the recipe for the gooey chocolate chip cookies, and even how to get teens to confide in you. Your own kids think you're hip, too (although they'd never admit to it). But when it comes to figuring out how not to come across as...
by Ashley Miller
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
No one is born knowing how to be a successful and effective stepparent. Becoming a stepparent can be one of the most anxiety-provoking, frustrating, and yet rewarding challenges you'll ever face.
In her debut self-help manual, "Stepparenting: The Expert Advice You Need to Succeed,"...
The Everything Guide to Stepparenting
Practical, reassuring advice for creating healthy, long-lasting relationships
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2009
Starting a relationship with a new person is always an adventure, and that adventure comes with extra thrills when your significant other is also a parent. Not only do you have to incorporate one new person into your life; you have to welcome that personÆs children too. This guide will teach new...
The Smart Stepfamily
Seven Steps to a Healthy Family
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Discover the Keys to a Healthy Stepfamily
Leading stepfamily expert Ron L. Deal reveals the seven fundamental steps to blended family success and provides practical, realistic solutions to the issues you face as a stepfamily. Whether married or soon-to-be-married, you'll discover how to
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Look Before You Step
Advice for Potential Stepparents and Their Partners
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2002
Look Before You Step will help potential stepparents prepare personal strategies for facing the challenges involved in forming a stepfamily by analyzing their own values and goals in relation to the issues they will encounter. By considering the issues we describe, potential stepparents can objectively...
Help! I'm a Stepparent
Nineteen Real-Life Stories
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
This is a “must read” for any single person or couple planning to be involved in a stepfamily situation. The five main points are clearly presented—Children, Communication, Comparison, Compromise, and Commitment—followed by nineteen stepfamily situations. With blended marriages on...
by Leah Annetta
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
“…there are known unknowns; that is to say there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know…it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones.” (United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld 2002) Donald Rumsfeld...
Unwrapping The Gift of Stepfamily Peace
A Stepparent's Guide to Success
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Are you looking for ways to have a peaceful holiday season with your stepfamily? Unwrapping the Gift of Stepfamily Peace: A Stepparent's Guide To Success is a must read to help you create and experience peace in your heart and in your home this holiday season. This easy to read, Christian based book...
Stepmonster
A New Look at Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel, and Act the Way We Do
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2009
An honest and groundbreaking guide to understanding the complicated emotions that develop between stepmothers and children.
When faced with often overwhelming challenges, what woman with stepchildren is unfamiliar with that “stepmonster” feeling? Half of all women in the United States will...
Stepcoupling
Creating and Sustaining a Strong Marriage in Today's Blended Family
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Love may be sweeter the second time around, but once the bliss of a newfound relationship wears off a little, the reality of being part of a stepfamily sets in. If you are one of the millions of remarried Americans facing the challenge of blending two existing families into one cohesive whole, you...
The Single Girl's Guide to Marrying a Man, His Kids, and His Ex-Wife
Becoming A Stepmother With Humor And Grace
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2005
A funny, honest, and empathetic resource for the novice stepmother, which includes advice on The kids: Adjusting to suspicion, resentment, and biological-parent loyalties; The ex-wife: Living calmly alongside her, whether she's a psycho or the perfect mother; The holidays: Accommodating old family...
Smart Stepmom, The
Practical Steps to Help You Thrive
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
The stepmother's role often is ambiguous and underappreciated, and frequently it carries unrealistic expectations. The book answers women's concerns and questions, including: How can I be a caretaker and a key emotional connector in the family if the children don't accept my influence? How shoud I...
Glass Half Full: Our Australian Adventure
Sarah Jane's Travel Memoirs Series, #1
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
Find out what it takes to keep the Glass Half Full, as challenging life events including grief, loss, PTSD and devastating floods, test this expat step-family to their limits.
After enduring divorce and numerous child custody battles, Sarah Jane knew that a fresh start in Australia was their...
by Jenn Sadai
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
No Kids Required is the story of 20 women who are choosing to be child free. It showcases the blessings and burdens that come with their decision, how they fill their free time, and the countless reasons why these women decided that kids are not required. It's an honest and insightful story about respecting one another's choices and living life on your terms.