Split at the Root: A Memoir of Love and Lost Identity

Split at the Root: A Memoir of Love and Lost Identity
Catana Tully (Author)
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Stepparenting & Blended Families

In this memoir, the author explores questions of race, adoption, and identity, not as the professor of cultural studies she
became, but as the Black child of German settlers in Guatemala. Her
journey into the mystery that shrouded her early years begins in the US
when she realized it was not just her foreign accent that alienated her from Blacks.
Under layers of privilege (private schools, international travel, the
life of a fashion model and actress in Europe) she discovered that her most important story is one of disinheritance.
The author's determination to find out who her parents really were
and why she was taken from them, tests the love of her White husband
and their son, and returns her to Guatemala to find a family that kept
her memory alive as legend. In the end, she learns truths about the women who were her mothers, and the disrespect committed long ago against a birthmother and her child in the name of love.

• Rank: #69771 in eBooks
• Published on: 2012-09-25
• Released on: 2012-09-25
• Format: Kindle eBook

STEPFAMILY DIARIES: ONE STEPPARENT'S CONFESSIONAL AND GUIDE TO DEALING WITH DEADBEAT DADS, BABY MAMAS, AND ALL THE JOY YOU CAN HANDLE

STEPFAMILY DIARIES: ONE STEPPARENT'S CONFESSIONAL AND GUIDE TO DEALING WITH DEADBEAT DADS, BABY MAMAS, AND ALL THE JOY YOU CAN HANDLE
A. S. Noraford (Author)

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Stepparenting & Blended Families

Author A.S. Noraford never set out to write a self-help book. Instead, this book arose from her attempts to find solace among women like her before I called it quits on her second marriage. What emerged from the author's all-out hunt for sympathetic ears was the unexpected discovery that my marriage was not only salvageable but also worth saving. My book merges the painfully humorous yet true stories of her family’s progress with the research completed throughout that journey. This book also equips readers with effective, research-tested strategies to help them negotiate unfamiliar territory, like introducing their children, managing deadbeat dads and “baby mama drama,” setting ground rules, and finding intimacy—and time to laugh—in the middle of it all.

• Rank: #112423 in eBooks
• Published on: 2013-11-22
• Released on: 2013-11-22
• Format: Kindle eBook

Living in a Step Family Without Getting Stepped on: Helping Your Children Survive the Birth Order Blender

Living in a Step Family Without Getting Stepped on: Helping Your Children Survive the Birth Order Blender
Kevin Leman (Author)
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Stepparenting & Blended Families

Birth order--as families are blended, shuffled, and rearranged, it's anything but static. When children from two families are brought together by the marriage of their parents, all of them are plunged into what Dr. Kevin Leman calls the birth order blender. Yet you can blend a family-without breaking it. Leman promises, "The principles in this book will help you wage the battle of blending your family--and come up not only a survivor but a winner!"

• Rank: #346653 in Books
• Published on: 1994-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.50" h x 6.50" w x 1.25" l, 1.25 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 282 pages

99 Things You Wish You Knew Before Choosing Adoption (99 Series)

99 Things You Wish You Knew Before Choosing Adoption (99 Series)
Robert A. Kasky Esq. (Author), Jeffrey A. Kasky Esq. (Author), Philip S. Marks (Editor), Judge Harold Kahn (Foreword)
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Stepparenting & Blended Families

99 Things You Wish You Knew Before ... Choosing Adoption is your comprehensive guide to help you through your adoption journey. If you have ever been interested in adoption—as a prospective adoptive family, a birth parent, or even as an adoption practitioner—this book is for you! It addresses the mysteries and myths that surround and permeate the adoption process, simplifying them for the non-lawyer and keeping the reader entertained all the while. Fear not the adoption process! The Kaskys, with their 60+ years of combined experience, efficiently answer all of your questions in a straightforward no-nonsense manner.

• Rank: #74435 in eBooks
• Published on: 2012-10-08
• Released on: 2012-10-08
• Format: Kindle eBook

The Water's Lovely

The Water's Lovely
by Ruth Rendell (Author), Rosalyn Landor (Narrator)
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Stepparenting & Blended Families

My Bonus Mom!: Taking the Step Out of Stepmom

My Bonus Mom!: Taking the Step Out of Stepmom
Tami Butcher (Author), Feras Nouf (Illustrator), Bill Engvall (Foreword)
(21)

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Stepparenting & Blended Families

In rhythmic verse, My Bonus Mom!, shows children of divorced families that a positive attitude can lead to a happy outcome and springs open their hearts and minds to accept their own bonus moms. It captures the mixed emotions that surge through young children as they deal with divorce and adjust to remarriage. The children work through their feelings of dismay, fear and anger, and grow to love dad's new wife, whom they come to think of as their bonus mom. Twice the attention, twice the love, twice the fun and twice as many birthday presents! What's not to love?



Earned Honorable Mention at 2013 Southern California Book Festival!

• Rank: #297065 in Books
• Brand: Little Five Star
• Model: FBA-|287604
• Published on: 2011-08-15
• Released on: 2011-08-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.50" h x 8.50" w x .31" l, .65 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 56 pages

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Step Wise A Guide To Family Mergers

Step Wise A Guide To Family Mergers
James Dale (Author)
(4)

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Stepparenting & Blended Families

It's hard to know exactly how to handle the uncomfortable, unpredictable, and sometimes seemingly unmanageable situations that stepparents deal with day by day. Finally, an easygoing handbook for in-the-dark stepparents is here in StepWise - the no-nonsense, no-psychobabble, down-to-earth, practical, and witty guide to dealing with stepchildren in a friendly, sensible, sometimes funny way. Coauthors James Dale and his stepdaughter, Alex Schapiro, offer their insights in a unique, bite-sized format. One of the most important lessons of their experience is that you'll need your sense of humor, so they tackle this serious subject with levity. They realize raising stepchildren isn't world peace. It just sometimes seems as hard to achieve.

• Rank: #1606714 in Books
• Published on: 2001-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Smart Stepfamily DVD, The: An 8-Session Guide to a Healthy Stepfamily

Smart Stepfamily DVD, The: An 8-Session Guide to a Healthy Stepfamily
Ron L. Deal (Author)

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Stepparenting & Blended Families

Practical Solutions to the Issues Stepfamilies Face

In the eight-session DVD--ideal for small groups, seminars, or individual couples--the author offers usable solutions for everyday living, practical tips for raising stepkids, and ways to strengthen the couple's marriage.

• Rank: #415365 in Books
• Published on: 2014-05-us.html
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, .0 pounds
• Binding: DVD-ROM

Stocks, Bonds, and Soccer Moms

Stocks, Bonds, and Soccer Moms
Michelle Perry Higgins (Author)

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Stepparenting & Blended Families

Are you juggling motherhood, marriage--and perhaps a career? Whether you're a career woman
or a stay-at-home mom, you want to give your all in every part of your life.
Personal time and romance become distant memories and the stress piles high. Sound familiar?
There is a solution!
Stocks, Bonds & Soccer Moms returns you to that all-important sense of balance, fulfillment, and
contentedness in seven clear steps.
Put the romance back in your marriage
Learn to set boundaries and ask for
help Let go of perfectionism and the damaging myth of the Supermom&; the secret principle
that will change everything
Receive the help you need with your kids and household responsibilities
Eliminate energy-sucking, toxic relationships and replace them with a supportive sisterhood
Take control of your finances, set clear financial goals, and sleep so much better at night

• Rank: #172616 in Books
• Published on: 2013-12-01
• Binding: Hardcover
• 165 pages

Smart Stepfamily Participant's Guide, The: An 8-Session Guide to a Healthy Stepfamily

Smart Stepfamily Participant's Guide, The: An 8-Session Guide to a Healthy Stepfamily
Ron L. Deal (Author)

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Stepparenting & Blended Families

Practical Solutions to the Issues Stepfamilies Face

The Smart Stepfamily Participant's Guide provides discussion questions to use before and after watching the DVD, space to take notes, and bonus reading material. Includes leader instructions and guidelines for facilitating effective groups.

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• Published on: 2014-05-us.html
• Released on: 2014-05-us.html

Uncaptured Hearts

Uncaptured Hearts
Kathy Baumbach (Author)

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Stepparenting & Blended Families

A non-fiction book of a step family that refused to blend. Learn from our mistakes. It is our hope that this book will help at least one couple through their journey. Shortly after their wedding, Kathy and Boomer came to the realization that Step-parenting proved to be profoundly difficult. They each had children from previous marriages who refused to bring tranquility to their home. Their dreams of becoming the next Brady Bunch soon faded away. Hopes of a happy family were being destroyed slowly but surely. Trying to understand the physical and verbal outbursts that enveloped their family, Kathy and Boomer sought counseling. Counselor after Counselor they would walk away with no answers. Soon, resentment of each other took up residence in their dysfunctional home. Kathy and Boomer had to make a choice, to fight for their marriage or to give up on their happiness. What would you do? Are you contemplating marrying someone with children from a previous marriage? Do you have children that you wish to blend with another family? Is your love strong enough to endure the heartaches that can come along with blending two families?

• Rank: #473845 in Books
• Published on: 2013-11-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 156 pages

Stepfamilies: A Global Perspective on Research, Policy, and Practice (Textbooks in Family Studies)

Stepfamilies: A Global Perspective on Research, Policy, and Practice (Textbooks in Family Studies)
Jan Pryor (Author)

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Stepparenting & Blended Families

This new book reviews the most current global research and highlights the challenges, possibilities, and dynamics of stepfamily households. It describes their formation, their experiences, and the factors that help them thrive. International and cultural differences are highlighted throughout along with issues of class, gender, and religion. Nontraditional stepfamilies such as those headed by same-sex families are also explored along with clinical and legal issues. Engagingly written with numerous vignettes and examples, each chapter features objectives, an introduction, boldfaced key terms, summary, list of key terms, discussion questions, exercises, and additional text and web resources. The book concludes with a glossary.

Highlights of coverage include:

The history, diversity, and demography of stepfamilies (ch. 1).

Frameworks for thinking about stepfamilies (ch. 2).

The impact of race and culture on stepfamily dynamics (ch. 3).

Stepfamily formation including the role of cohabitation and lone parenting (ch.4).

The wellbeing of adults in stepfamilies including resident and nonresident parents (ch.5).

Relationships in stepfamilies including those between adults, between adults and children, and between siblings (chs. 6 & 7).

Children’s wellbeing in stepfamilies, and factors that help explain outcomes (ch. 8).

The importance of intergenerational relationships (ch.9).

Stepfamilies headed by sex couples; wellbeing, stigma and legal issues (ch. 10).

Factors that promote wellbeing in stepfamilies such as communication patterns, rituals, and flexibility (ch.11).

Interventions and therapy, and recent legal and policy issues (chs. 12 & 13).

New ways of thinking about stepfamily living (ch. 14).

Intended as a core advanced undergraduate/beginning graduate text for courses on stepfamilies or as a supplement for courses on divorce, family studies, introduction to the family, and/or marriage and the family taught in human development and family studies, psychology, sociology, and social work, the book also appeals to those who work with stepfamilies in a counseling or legal setting.

 

• Rank: #333085 in Books
• Published on: 2013-11-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
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• Binding: Paperback
• 248 pages