Product Description: First published in 1980. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Description: Tom North is one of the eight North children, who together with the ten Beardsley children, became the family that was featured in the 1968 film, Yours, Mine and Ours, starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda, and again in the 2005 version starring Rene Russo and Dennis Quaid...read more

He loves her. She loves him. But his kids hate her. Or bait her. Or ignore her altogether.She's the stepmother, and sometimes she feels as if she's never played a more thankless role. It doesn't have to be that way. With this book, the stepmother will find the advice she needs to win over even the most resistant children. This honest, practical guide written by a therapist and stepmother who's been there shows stepmothers the best ways to handle the most challenging situations, including how to:Get off on the right foot from "hello"Build a relationship with each childShare Daddy with his childrenDefine boundaries as a coupleNegotiate issues with Dad as well as the kidsDeal with their "real" momSurvive holidays, birthdays, and school vacationsCreate family rituals With this book, millions of stepmothers find the strategies they need to safeguard their new marriage and establish a happy, peaceful new blended family.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. During a class field trip to a reconstructed Pilgrim village, Katie finds herself replacing an actor playing a Pilgrim, and later, when her family goes to New York City, she becomes a clown in the Thanksgiving Day parade.

Product Description: This is a study examining levels of solidarity among full-, step-, and half-sibling groups in remarried families in the United States. This study relies on three sources of data: observations in a series of Blended Family Workshops; a 'Family of Orientation' assignment in which college students reflect upon their siblings and the family in which they were raised; and, the General Social Survey (1986, 1994, and 2002)...read more

Discusses the key issues confronting couples involved in a second marriage, including children, former spouses, finances, and legal concerns, and explains how to nurture and sustain the love and respect essential to a long-term relationship.

Product Description: Here are innovative ways to defuse inevitable hostilities in blended families, cope with common fantasies of instant success, end power struggles, and encourage communication. Featuring exercises, visualizations--and a comprehensive bibliography and list of helpful organizations--this indespensable guide is both practical and compassionate...read more

Product Description: One of three Americans is now a stepparent, a stepchild, a stepsibling, or some other member of a stepfamily. Stepfamilies are different. The "old rules" that govern traditional families don't necessarily apply, and each stepfamily must define its own "new rules" that will work for a unique blended family...read more

A guide to navigating the sometimes dangerous waters of 'stepfamilies' uses interviews with hundreds of people to explain why some strategies work better than others to build dynamic new family structures and relationships. Original.

Product Description: With more than 50 percent of children living in non-traditional families, the need for a comprehensive resource on the emotional and social ramifications of blended families has never been greater. The Blended Family Sourcebook is an insightful and practical guide for families dealing with the unique challenges of divorce, remarriage, and the process of blending households...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

This examination of the special problems of stepmothers explores the entire range of anxieties and conflicts associated with this problematical--and increasingly common--role, including relating to stepchildren, housework, money, and sex. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

Product Description: Stepfamily life can be hell, and fewer than half of all couples who begin a new family remain together. Recreating family while at the same time holding a new relationship together is fraught with complications. In this book Dr. Brandes presents in seven steps the secrets that make it possible for couples to build new-family(italicized) and save their relationship...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Filled with hard-won success stories and often humorous tales of adjustment, a unique book by the children of blended families reveals how children survive divorce and learn to adopt to new parents, siblings, and homes. Original. 25,000 first printing. Tour.

Product Description: Would you like to create a well-run family team where you are the leader? Would you like to come home to a house where everyone says "please" and "thank you," shares housework and enjoys dinner together? Do you long for a homelife where children feel loved and cared for and you feel respected and in control? The Secret is in Family Rules---straightforward, no-nonsense principles and essential solutions for making house rules work...read more

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Product Description: Essential reading for those who wish to understand the meaning of stepfamily relationships in America today

Product Description: This volume offers a thorough examination of why some remarriages and stepfamilies function well, while others do not. After a brief historical and clinical overview, the authors discuss factors and issues that either contribute to, or hinder, good relationships...read more

Product Description: Book by Einstein, Elizabeth

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