Forming A "Blended" Step-Family : A Planning Guide For Blending New Step-Families: Blended Family Sociology (Paperback)

Welcoming a new spouse brings with it an explosion of stress-inducing newness, with new stepchildren, new rules, new demands, new religious practices and more. Though you'll have extra challenges as a blended family, creating a lovely, peaceful home is attainable.

This book provides a simple-to-follow process for two partners contemplating moving in together with children from a prior relationship. First, it will guide you through a series of questions to help you define where you each stand on common blended family topics. Next, it will help each partner assess your level of proficiency with the most common skills required in a successful relationship and blended family. Finally, it will help you declare your action plans and commitment to close your alignment gaps and/or develop your skills. There are numerous resources to help you with skill building and many thought-provoking stories to help you relate to challenges others have faced when blending new families.