Stepcoupling: Creating and Sustaining a Strong Marriage in Today's Blended Family - Softcover

Wisdom, Susan; Green, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0609807412 ISBN 13: 9780609807415

Verlag: Harmony/Rodale/Convergent, 2002

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Book by Wisdom LPC Susan Green Jennifer

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Providing a definitive blueprint for building a strong foundation for a new stepfamily, this practical handbook some of 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. Original. 15,000 first printing.

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Love may be sweeter the second time around, but once the bliss of a newfound relationship wears off a little, the reality of being part of a stepfamily sets in. If you are one of the millions of remarried Americans facing the challenge of blending two existing families into one cohesive whole, you are part of a stepcouple--and you know all too well how hard it can be to make your marriage work in sometimes tough terrain.
Different parenting styles, finances, relationships with ex-spouses, legal matters, and even seemingly simple issues such as the kinds of chores assigned to children can chisel away at your union if you don't always make your marriage a priority.
Stepcoupling offers advice for stepcouples on how to do just that--all the while strengthening their blended family with a healthy marriage. Susan Wisdom and Jennifer Green provide tips and strategies on dealing with the issues remarried couples face, with a wealth of advice from real-life stepcouples, such as:
* Learning to tailor your expectations of your spouse or children and remembering that no family is perfect
* Knowing where your boundaries are, whether involving a hostile ex-spouse or a stepchild who demands too much attention
* Realizing that traits like flexibility, tolerance, forgiveness, and openness are especially essential in a stepfamily situation
* Making "us" time for talking, problem-solving, weekends away, and enjoying your marriage to constantly renew and strengthen your bond as a couple
Let this invaluable remarriage manual help you make your stepcouple the foundation of a strong, happy, and successful stepfamily.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Harmony/Rodale/Convergent
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0609807412
• ISBN 13: 9780609807415
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272