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Step Parenting and the Blended Family: Recognizing the Problems and Overcoming the Obstacles
Despite the fact that more than 40 percent of Canadian marriages end in divorce each year, over 70 percent of divorced people eventually remarry and fail again - over 50 percent of the time. Among the many reasons for the failure of these second marriages between supposedly older and wiser participants, the problems stemming from step-parenting and the blending of the families ranks high, explains psychologist and author Scott Wooding in this comprehensive and ground-breaking look at the challenges faced by couples starting over again. Starting with the breakup itself, and after outlining the pitfalls and hurdles surrounding the love which most adults assume will lead to new found happiness, Dr. Wooding presents a comprehensive roadmap, a one step-at-a-time guide to successful remarriage for parents and children alike.
224 pages, Paperback
First published September 13, 2008
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March 10, 2018
Excellent book!!! Goes over dating and making sure your baggage from your ex is resolved, as well discussing how to blend families and the pitfalls that may happen and how they could be best avoided.
May 15, 2024
What to expect when you're expecting to become a step-parent:
When it says, "recognizing the problems and overcoming the obstacles," this is directed at the steps and parents, so that *they* can recognize and overcome.
This is not for survivors of any type of child abuse at the hands of a step-parent.
The book is a caring and supportive guide to learning to love your step-child instead of loathing them, so that the pressures of the union will avoid creating an abusive household or a divorce. This, of course, is seen through my own (bitter) perspective so my review has been emphasizing abuse -- which really does this lovely, helpful book a disservice. But seriously, I wish future abusive step-parents would read this book ahead of time. Especially when the children are under 9 years old*. Maybe the kids could grow up healthy.
*Why a threshold of 9 years of age? Because the child's sense of self/identity is not yet fully formed, and the CPTSD that results can lead to DID. (See DSM 5)
When it says, "recognizing the problems and overcoming the obstacles," this is directed at the steps and parents, so that *they* can recognize and overcome.
This is not for survivors of any type of child abuse at the hands of a step-parent.
The book is a caring and supportive guide to learning to love your step-child instead of loathing them, so that the pressures of the union will avoid creating an abusive household or a divorce. This, of course, is seen through my own (bitter) perspective so my review has been emphasizing abuse -- which really does this lovely, helpful book a disservice. But seriously, I wish future abusive step-parents would read this book ahead of time. Especially when the children are under 9 years old*. Maybe the kids could grow up healthy.
*Why a threshold of 9 years of age? Because the child's sense of self/identity is not yet fully formed, and the CPTSD that results can lead to DID. (See DSM 5)
December 31, 2013
Fabulous book for parents of teenagers, I highly recommend it. We're starting to implement a lot of the suggestions and have already seen improvements in not only the kids, but in our family life as well.
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