Stepparenting Without Guilt
Editorial Reviews
Book Description
Stepparenting is becoming increasingly important as our society undergoes continuing marital evolution. Today, most Americans are part of a second family than a first. Approximately thirty-five million people now live in stepfamilies with thirteen hundred new ones forming each day.
Stepparenting Without Guilt is designed to give the new and seasoned stepparent an honest appraisal of what today's stepfamily looks like and how it behaves. It dispels the myth that stepfamilies behve like nuclear families, addresses many of the issues that adults and children in stepfamilies face, and outlines what it takes to make a lasting cohesive family unit.
Stepparenting Without Guilt introduces you to:
Different styles of Stepparenting (are you a "superstepparent," or a "rescuer," a "dictator" or "reluctant"?)
Different types of stepchild behavior (Is your stepchild at various times pushy, silent, critical, or a "pest"?)
Different stepfamily emotional minefields (guilt, anger, fear of abandonment, resentment, low self-esteem, grief and loss)
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
From the Publisher
Twenty-five rules for Stepparenting Without Guilt are given.
Here are just a few:
1 - You cannot take away the pain of the past or pretend it's not real. Recognize and accept stepfamily problems for what they are and know that in most stepfamilies the best way to achieve genuine bonding is to work through the hard times.
4 - You don't have to love your stepchildren (or they you) - you do need to build trust and be fair.
10 - Accept what you can't change (especially with stepsiblings), and work from there.
14 - Realize that stepfamilies may generate a great deal of emotional reactivity because members can hurt in a lot of places.
17 - There is a point where your biological children come first - being firm and realistic about the needs of your own children will help you be a better stepparent as well.
25 - The greatest gift you can give your stepchild (or child) is permission to be happy in both homes.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
Stepparenting Without Guilt
Stepparenting Without Guilt,Maurine Doerken,Awol Ink Productions,0971988919,Child Care/Parenting,Family & Relationships,Family / Parenting / Childbirth,Family Relationships,Parenting - General
Book Contents:
Recommended Books