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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Author's Note; Contents; Introduction: Lessons My Family Taught Me; Part One: Transitions; Chapter 1 How Did I Get Here?; Fallout of a Divorce; The Blame Game: Accepting Failure; Defining Success and Moving Forward; Chapter 2 Starting Over; Dating vs. Parenting; Prioritize Your Children; The Tortoise vs. the Hare: Finding the Right Pace; Chapter 3 Boundaries: Define and Respect; How Many Parents Does One Child Need?; Redefining Parent-Child Relationships; Life and Sex Before Tying the Knot-Again; Part Two: Joining Families: What to Expect When You Remarry |
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Chapter 4 Married With Children: Your Real-Life VersionKeeping Your Kids in the Loop; Planning the Wedding; Coping with Resistance and Easing Anxieties; Chapter 5 Communicating with Your Ex; To Invite or Not to Invite; He/She Is Your Children's Other Parent; Respecting History; Chapter 6 What's a Honeymoon the Second Time Around?; The Ceremony's Over: Now What?; Planning the Next Steps; What to Do When Not Everyone Wants To Celebrate; Part Three: Growing Pains; Chapter 7 Rules to Live By; Embracing Diversity Under the Same Roof; Meeting Your New Stepchildren on Their Side of the Middle |
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Democracy in Action: Blending Multiple Structures Under One RoofChapter 8 Who's Zooming Who?; Splitting: When Kids Pit Parents Against Each Other; Redefining Discipline; Role Modeling; Chapter 9 Growing Pains; You've Married a Family; Expanding Your Vows; Inclusion vs. Intrusion; Part Four: Becoming the Best Stepparent You Can Be; Chapter 10 Whose Side Are You On?; Redefining Parental Responsibility; When Your Spouse's Children Come First; Becoming a Friend and Mentor; Chapter 11 Managing Relationships; Building Trust One Day at a Time; More Boundaries, Less Conflict |
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Taking Sides While Supporting EveryoneChapter 12 We're Having a Baby!; The Decision; Preparing a New Set of Siblings; Bonding vs. Babysitting; Part Five: Yours, Mine, and Ours: Troubleshooting for the Future; Chapter 13 From Church to Checkbook; Blending Holidays, Cultures, and Traditions; Past, Present, and Future; Going Dutch in the Twenty-First Century; Chapter 14 Bigger and Better; Letting Go: Recognizing Limits with Your Children; Dealing with Your Ex-Spouse; Welcoming Visiting or Absent Children into the Family; Chapter 15 Lessons Learned; A Note of Hope; Dear George |
| Summary |
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, less than half of the people who get married in the United States remain with their first spouse, and less than 50 percent of children grow up with both biological parents. In short, we live in a society of blended families. Everyone who survives a divorce and enters a new family is vulnerable. George Glass, MD, a board-certified psychiatrist, has designed a book to help parents understand the challenges of beginning new lives with blended families, and to help their children make the necessary adjustments. He explains how to approach unavoidable dilemmas when they occur and offers invaluable lessons about the link between divorce and issues of self-esteem, depression, substance abuse, and relationship failures that often result from the breakup of a family. Gathered from his years in practice and his own personal experience as a member of a blended family, Glass provides practical solutions to everyday problems. Blending a family, Glass explains, is a process, which requires patience. It can take a long time to develop trust, acceptance, and a willingness to overlook transgressions that in the beginning can cause tension. Each chapter offers specific advice to help blended family members improve their communication skills and ease the transitions from separate households into a larger, combined community. Taken together with a steady dose of "Dos and Don'ts," this book provides an inspiring toolkit for families in need |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Stepfamilies.
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Divorced parents.
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Remarriage.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Divorced parents
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Remarriage
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Stepfamilies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tabatsky, David, author.
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| ISBN |
9781629148762 |
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1629148768 |
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