I Do, Part 2: How to Survive Divorce, Co-Parent Your Kids, and Blend Your Families Without Losing Your Mind

I Do, Part 2: How to Survive Divorce, Co-Parent Your Kids, and Blend Your Families Without Losing Your Mind
Karen Buscemi (Author)
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The Secrets to Stepfamily Success

The Secrets to Stepfamily Success
Gloria Lintermans (Author)
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Wonderful Ways to be a Stepparent

Wonderful Ways to be a Stepparent
Anna Chase (Contributor)
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No One's the Bitch: A Ten-Step Plan For The Mother And Stepmother Relationship

No One's the Bitch: A Ten-Step Plan For The Mother And Stepmother Relationship
Jennifer Newcomb Marine (Author), Carol Marine (Author), Jim Ottaway (Author)
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The Smart Stepmom: Practical Steps to Help You Thrive

The Smart Stepmom: Practical Steps to Help You Thrive
Ron L. Deal (Author), Laura Petherbridge (Author)
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A Child's Journey Through Placement

A Child's Journey Through Placement
Vera I. Fahlberg (Author)
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Blended Families: Steps To Help You Succeed In Step-Parenting And Become A Strong Family (Blended Family, Step Parenting, Parenting-Help)

Blended Families: Steps To Help You Succeed In Step-Parenting And Become A Strong Family (Blended Family, Step Parenting, Parenting-Help)
Lilli Morgan (Author), Parenting Help (Editor)
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Blending Families With Children (Family Matters Book 3)

Blending Families With Children (Family Matters Book 3)
Waln K. Brown (Author), Carle F. ONeil (Author)

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No One's the Bitch: A Ten-Step Plan for the Mother and Stepmother Relationship

No One's the Bitch: A Ten-Step Plan for the Mother and Stepmother Relationship
Jennifer Newcomb Marine (Author), Carol Marine (Author)
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Sad, but true: the divorced mom/stepmom relationship is typically one of the most contentious relationships in our modern families. Women struggle with overlapping responsibilities and the misunderstandings that come from infrequent, direct interaction - but plenty of (unwilling) involvement in each other's lives. Learn how the two sides are typically wrestling with the same negative emotions and might even be benefitting from keeping the conflict going. Is this really what we want to model for our children? The answer to that question is what motivated us to change. We went from barely being able to make eye contact or conversation, to finally becoming close friends and working co-parents. We share our journey and hands-on steps here in the hopes of helping you avoid the countless mistakes we made along the way. 

• Rank: #224227 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .70" h x 5.40" w x 8.40" l, .61 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 212

1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 212
Thomas W. PhD Phelan (Author)

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The simplest, most effective program for raising disciplined, happy children

 

This revised edition of the award-winning 1-2-3 Magic program addresses the difficult task of child discipline with humor, keen insight, and proven experience. The technique offers a foolproof method of disciplining children ages two through 12 without arguing, yelling, or spanking. By means of three easy-to-follow steps, parents learn to manage troublesome behavior, encourage good behavior, and strengthen the parent-child relationship—avoiding the “Talk-Persuade-Argue-Yell-Hit” syndrome that frustrates so many parents. Ten strategies for building a child’s self-esteem and the six types of testing and manipulation a parent can expect from the child are discussed, as well as tips on how to prevent homework arguments, make mealtimes more enjoyable, conduct effective family meetings, and encourage children to start doing their household chores. New advice about kids and technology and new illustrations bring this essential parenting companion completely up to date.

• Rank: #212135 in Books
• Published on: 2014-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, .0 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Keys to Successful Stepfathering (Barron's Parenting Keys)

Keys to Successful Stepfathering (Barron's Parenting Keys)
Carl E. Pickhardt Ph.D. (Author)
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An experienced psychologist who specializes in family relationships discusses remarriage and the relationship created between children and their newly acquired stepfather. This book describes the contributions a stepfather can make to his new family, with advice on how he can assume a reliable and reassuring presence in family life. Also discussed are some of the pitfalls a stepfather might encounter and how he can overcome them. The author stresses the importance of compromise and respect for others in resolving family conflicts. The titles in Barron's Parenting Keys series offer advice and information to parents and discuss the many challenges they face as they raise their children from infancy to maturity.

• Rank: #35013 in Books
• Published on: 2010-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .47" h x 5.32" w x 8.20" l, .54 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

The 312 Best Things About Being a Stepmom: For those days when you can only come up with one or two on your own.

The 312 Best Things About Being a Stepmom: For those days when you can only come up with one or two on your own.
Cynthia L. Copeland (Author)
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Forget Cinderella and the hundreds of other fairy tales about wicked stepmothers. Here is the truth—a warm, bright, positive, yet frankly honest and realistic celebration of the most challenging role any woman will face. Think of it as the joy of stepmomming, and the perfect Mother’s Day gift of encouragement and support. Written and illustrated by Cynthia L. Copeland, a stepmother to three boys and author of the bestselling Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me, THE 312 BEST THINGS ABOUT BEING A STEPMOM is packed with humor, wisdom, empathy, quotes, and testimonials from dozens of stepmothers who have shared their experiences with the author.

So, if being a stepmother seems so often to be a storm cloud, this is the silver lining. For example: People can’t figure out how old you are by the ages of your stepchildren. Or, When they hug you, you know it’s genuine, not out of habit. You didn’t have to agonize over whether to name your stepson after his grandfather, his rich uncle, or your favorite poet. If you ever go ahead and have kids of your own, you’ve had practice. And if you are already a parent: The trip to the warehouse club is finally worth the gas money. Your step-teens will see to it that your younger kids are up on the latest cool music, video games, and cargo pants. Family counsel now has enough people for a house and a senate. And, With so many more participants, there’s a chance that you won’t always get creamed at Scrabble!

• Rank: #904777 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 5.83" h x 5.28" w x 1.00" l, .60 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 420 pages

How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid: The Straight Dope for Parents

How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid: The Straight Dope for Parents
Joseph A. Califano Jr. (Author)

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The highly acclaimed comprehensive guide to getting your child through the formative pre-teen, teen, and college years drug-free—now completely revised and updated.

Nearly every child will be offered drugs or alcohol before graduating high school, and excessive drinking is common at most colleges. But the good news is that a child who gets to age twenty-one without smoking, using illegal drugs, or abusing alcohol or prescription drugs is virtually certain never to do so.

Drawing on more than two decades of research at The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASAColumbia), founder Joseph A. Califano, Jr., presents a clear, common-sense guide to helping kids stay drug-free. All parents dream of a healthy, productive, and fulfilling future for their children; Califano shows which specific actions work and what parents can do to teach, protect, and empower their children to have the greatest chance of making that future come true. Teenagers who learn about the risks of drugs from their parents are twice as likely never to try them, and this book provides the tools parents need to prepare their children for those crucial decision-making moments.

In this revised and updated edition, Califano tackles some of the newest obstacles standing between our kids and a drug-free life—from social media sites and cell phone apps to the explosion in prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse and the increased dangers and addictive power of marijuana. He reveals what teens can’t or won’t tell their parents about their thoughts on drugs and alcohol, and combines the latest research with his discussions with thousands of parents and teens about the challenges that widespread access to drugs and alcohol present, and how parents can instill in their teens the will and skills to choose not to use. Califano’s insightful and lively guide is as readable as it is informative.

• Rank: #1434213 in Books
• Published on: 2014-09-09
• Released on: 2014-09-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
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• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Stepmonster

Stepmonster
Wednesday Martin (Author)
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An honest and groundbreaking guide to understanding the complicated emotions that develop between stepmothers and children.

 

When faced with often overwhelming challenges, what woman with stepchildren is unfamiliar with that “stepmonster” feeling? Half of all women in the United States will live with or marry a man with children. To guide women new to this role—and empower those who are struggling with it—Wednesday Martin draws upon her own experience as a stepmother. She's frank about the harrowing process of becoming a stepmother, she considers the myths and realities of being married to a man with children, and she counteracts the cultural notion that stepmothers are solely responsible for the problems that often develop. Along the way, she interviews other stepmothers and stepchildren and offers up fascinating insights from literature, anthropology, psychology, and evolutionary biology that explain the little-understood realities of this unique parent-child relationship and—in an unexpected twist—shows why the myth of the Wicked Stepmother is the single best tool for understanding who real stepmothers are and how they feel.

 

• Rank: #39714 in eBooks
• Published on: 2009-05-04
• Released on: 2009-05-04
• Format: Kindle eBook

Wisdom On Stepparenting: How to Succeed Where Others Fail

Wisdom On Stepparenting: How to Succeed Where Others Fail
Diana Weiss-Wisdom (Author)
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Subtitle: How To Succeed Where Others Fail

This is a guide to creating loving, stable stepfamily relationships. Written by a psychologist and stepmother, this book is for stepparents who want to make the most of their situation and learn how to be resilient, happy, and confident in their relationship with their spouse and their stepchildren.

The stories in this volume are drawn from clients that the author has counseled as well as her own adventurous life as a stepparent. To other struggling stepparents who feel they are drowning in their situation, she offers hope, encouragement, and realistic coping strategies. She provides proven techniques that help individuals succeed in their new marriages, build caring relationships with their stepchildren, and bolster their emotional life in general.

"This gem of a book reveals how stepparenting, in spite of the pitfalls, can be done well and be immensely rewarding for the whole family." Richard Levak, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist and Personality Expert

• Rank: #62362 in eBooks
• Published on: 2012-10-26
• Released on: 2012-10-26
• Format: Kindle eBook

Stepchildren Speak: 10 Grown-Up Stepchildren Teach Us How to Build Healthy Stepfamilies

Stepchildren Speak: 10 Grown-Up Stepchildren Teach Us How to Build Healthy Stepfamilies
Susan Philips (Author)
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We've heard from the parents and stepparents. We've heard from the child psychologists and family counselors. Now let the children speak. Here are the wise words of ten children who grew up in stepfamilies. They are young enough to remember the experience well and old enough to have learned from it. They not only offer their poignant stories, but they add advice specifically marked for parents, stepparents, and even stepchildren. They come from different races, economic levels and from various parts of the country, but all of their stories reverberate with truth and a desire to help others. The author, a parent and stepparent herself, knew the right questions to ask and knew how to help them translate their sometimes painful experience into lessons from which all of us can learn.

• Rank: #545669 in Books
• Brand: Brand: AWYN Publications
• Published on: 2004-11-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.39" h x 5.67" w x .0" l, .58 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 182 pages

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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)
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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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The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole

The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole
Lori Holden (Author), Crystal Hass (Contributor)
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Prior to 1990, fewer than 5% of domestic infant adoptions were open. In 2012, 90% or more of adoption agencies are recommending open adoption. Yet these agencies do not often or adequately prepare either adopting parents or birth parents for the road ahead of them! The adult parties in open adoptions are left floundering.

There are many resources on why to do open adoption, but what about how? Open adoption isn't just something parents do when they exchange photos, send emails, share a visit. It's a lifestyle that may feel intrusive at times, be difficult or inconvenient at other times. Tensions can arise even in the best of circumstances. But knowing how to handle these situations and how to continue to make arrangements work for the child involved is paramount. This book offers readers the tools and the insight to do just that. It covers common open-adoption situations and how real families have navigated typical issues successfully. Like all useful parenting books, it provides parents with the tools to come to answers on their own, and answers questions that might not yet have come up.

Through their own stories and those of other families of open adoption, Lori and Crystal review the secrets to success, the pitfalls and challenges, the joys and triumphs. By putting the adopted child at the center, families can come to enjoy the benefits of open adoption and mitigate the challenges that may arise.

More than a how-to, this book shares a mindset, a heartset, that can be learned and internalized, so parents can choose to act out of love and honesty throughout their child’s growing up years, helping that child to grow up whole.

• Rank: #425633 in Books
• Published on: 2013-03-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.25" h x 6.26" w x .91" l, 1.05 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 228 pages