Blending Families: A Guide for Parents, Stepparents, Grandparents and Everyone Building a Successful New Family - Softcover

Shimberg, Elaine Fantle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425166775 ISBN 13: 9780425166772

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 1999

Synopsis

Today more Americans are part of a second-marriage family than a first. Inevitably, these newly blended "stepfamilies" will be confronted by their own special problems and needs.This insightful problem-solving guide offers solid solutions--and includes real-life stories from families who've been through the adjustment process. Written by an award-winning author who specializes in health and family care, the book covers a wide range of issues--emotional, financial, disciplinary, and interpersonal. Naturally, there is no "one-size-fits-all" solution for second-marriage families. Each is unique, with its own composition, personalities, and problems. But with patience and understanding, this new family can work, live, and eventually love--together.Includes special sections on:
* Family communication
* Former spouses
* Grandparents and step-grandparents
* Juggling households
* Commuting children
* Discipline
* School issues
* Family customs and rituals
* Religious differences
* Reducing stress
* Adult time
* Money issues
* Holiday planning
* Vacations
* Curfews and other rules

About this title

About the Author:

Elaine Fantle Shimberg is an award-winning medical writer. She has written six health care books and three books on family issues. She is the mother of five, and grandmother of one grandchild and one step-grandchild.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0425166775
• ISBN 13: 9780425166772
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240