beli bellum sempet dibaca. tapi sekilas melihat bagaimana mengawinkankeluarga khususnya anakanak dari masingmasing pasangan yang baru saja menikah kembali, . . good one . NAnti dikasih lagi review nya, Absolutely amazing! Gives great advice on many real life obstacles!! Excellent book! If both everyone in a blended family applied thesesecrets amongst their household, the relationships with not only be stronger, but you and your partner will be just that in every sense of the wordPARTNERS.
. . but both must read the book This has some great pointers, but I do wish there was a book out there for those getting nci lived with people with adult kids, if either has special needs, or if we don't want to legally marry again gasp in horror Lebey offers a unique perspective, coming from the legal profession, and from her own familial experience.
There are some great tips offered here, but more importantly, to be thankful for how complicated my situation is actually NOT, There are many scenarios and stories of other actual families who have a very
difficult time with their complicated lives, This is probably the last book of its kind Im going to read for awhile, Not that it was bad in fact, it was really pretty good, Im just ready for a break, nWhat interested me most was that Barbara LeBey is not just a stepmother but is also a lawyer and former judge, Yet doesnt back down when talking about how messed up our court systems are when it comes to custody, child support, and stepfamilies, nThe book contains a lot of practical advice interspersed with reallife vignettes, nProbably one of the best books Ive read on the topic, nAnd Im still working on changing what I can and accepting what I cant change, :nIt's the most daunting task many parents will ever face: bringing two growing families together into one brand new marriage, But even though statistics show that most remarriages are at high riskespecially when there are kids involvedmore and more people are learning how to make them work and more and more kids are coming out of them with their psyches and souls intact.
This honest and hopeful book looks at those successesand at some failuresto show what they have in common: ten essential secrets that are at the heart of a healthy blended family.
As a stepparent with six children in a blended family, Barbara LeBey draws on her own family's hardwon success, as well as on extensive interviews and new research to show how to navigate the stresses, sticking points, pitfalls and perils most couples don't even anticipate.
Starting with her first controversial secretthat the new marriage comes first, even before the demands of the childrenLeBey debunks prevalent stepfamily myths and anticipates common traps, Among them, money issues, warring stepsiblings, and destructive exes, A strong advocate for children including how to guard against fadeout parenting, she also suggests ways that inlaws, schools, and the legal system itself could provide better support for blended families.
REmarried with Children is an expert, compassionate, downtoearth book to turn to over and over again for advice, support and sanity,
Key topics include how to:
Meet your children's and stepchildren's needswithout letting them undermine your new marriage
Understand the new roles, new rules, and the new relationships for children and stepchildren of a blended family
Deal with angry and/or manipulative exeswithout adding fuel to the fire
Handle key decisions about finances, religion, traditions, behavior and discipline
Maintain healthy relationships with your children's grandparentsand other relativesfrom a previous marriage
Recognize warning signs of trouble aheadand get the help you need
From the Hardcover edition.
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