Peggy "Grandma Maggie" Moss gives parenting and childcare advice from her popular column on BabyNames.com
It’s a challenge when couples bring their families together. Some stepparents have easy time adjusting to their roles but many of us find it far more difficult than we ever imagined.
This book is a comprehensive resource to those who are struggling in maintaining a good relationship with the partner’s kids and wants to build a strong couple and a workable and peaceful new family.
It provides essential guidelines to help step parents not only survive but also succeed as both parent and couple. It will help you take steps toward leading an emotionally healthy life.
Chapter 1: Understanding Blended Family
Chapter 2: How Does a Blended Family Differ from a Nuclear Family?
Chapter 3: Stepparent and Child Relationship
Chapter 4: Setting Appropriate Expectations
Chapter 5: Issues and Problems Associated with Blended Families
Chapter 6: Effective Blending
“The woman said to him, ‘Do away with these children. You cannot even keep me. How then can you keep all these mouths?’ for was she not a stepmother?” (from Hansel and Gretal) Why are stepmothers ubiquitously portrayed in fairy tales and folk legends as wicked, plotting and cruel? Is it because they will do anything on earth to shove the stepchildren out so they and theirs can inherit all the love and money? Is there such a thing as a non-evil stepmom? Or are all stepmothers evil breed? Dear Evil Stepmother is the engrossing and poignant account of a disenfranchised father’s child. If you are a stepmother, or thinking about becoming one, this short but powerful tale will evoke an honest appraisal of who you are in relationship to your stepchildren, or future stepchildren, your partner and his family. Your self honesty might save you a lot of grief!
