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22. Stepfamily Solutions Offers Individual, Couple, Family, Group Counseling, Coachi Offers individual, couple, family, and group counseling for stepfamilies. Stepfamily workshops and classes. Provides training to mental health professionals and organizations. http://www.stepfamilysolutions.net

Do you know that there are an estimated 35 million adult stepparents in the U.S., and that there are 1,300 new stepfamilies forming every day? Did you know that 50% of all marriages now represent a remarriage of one or both of the parties? That the number of households with stepchildren has doubled in ten years, so that there are approximately 18 million children under age 18 living in stepfamilies? What these statistics essentially mean is that the stepfamily is becoming increasingly common in our communities. STEPFAMILY SOLUTIONS offers a way out of the confusion and helps you find a path towards the rewards and joys of stepfamily life. We offer a variety of programs for you to choose from: Counseling for Individuals, Couples and Families. Premarital Stepfamily Counseling. Group Counseling. Stepfamily Workshops and Classes. Consultation to Organizations. Training for Professionals. CONFIDENTIAL, SOLUTION FOCUSED, EDUCATIONAL AFFORDABLE, CENTRALLY LOCATED Home Stepfamily Tips Training Programs ... Contact Us Powered By:

23. Baltimore Chapter - Stepfamily Association Nonprofit agency promoting the education and well-being of stepfamilies. Statement of purpose, chapters, recommended reading and related links. http://members.tripod.com/~Neil_and_Debbie/

24. Relationship: Stepfamilies - How To Live In Harmony, By Jan Andersen stepfamilies How to Live in Harmony - by Jan Andersen. Conflict, hostility,resentment, anger, rejection, patience, flexibility, sacrifice. http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/andersen.html

SelfGrowth.com Complete Article Directory Article Send this website to a friend please visit our sponsor Stepfamilies - How to Live in Harmony - by Jan Andersen Conflict, hostility, resentment, anger, rejection, patience, flexibility, sacrifice. Maybe you have custody of your stepchildren or maybe they live with their biological parent and stay with you and your partner at weekends or during vacations. Whatever the situation, it requires sacrifice, time and emotional energy. Nobody ever professed that being part of a blended family would be easy and it soon becomes apparent that the happy-ever-after scenario that is portrayed in soppy films, rarely exists in reality. What I very quickly realised was that the battle towards acceptance and, hopefully, some degree of unanimity, was going to take time. I also learned from Mike that if his boys were rude to me in his absence, I had to report it to him immediately. There is no magical solution, but adherence to the following ground rules can certainly bring you one stride closer to living in harmony with your stepchildren. ?nbsp; You and your partner must establish firm ground rules in your home, irrespective of how your stepchildren have been allowed to behave in their own homes. When the children are on your territory, you have authority and responsibility for their behaviour

25. Stepfamily Network Home Page Resources for helping stepfamilies solve problems and achieve their ideal family situation. Includes articles and a question of the month. http://stepfamily.net/

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26. Stepfamilies And Parenting stepfamilies and Parenting. I created this page because I am in my secondmarriage and have been thrust into the chaos of a stepfamily both times. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/2789/parent.html

S t e p f a m i l i e s and P a r e n t i n g Here's a bit of humour for those of you with teenagers: TEENAGERS Tired of being hassled by your stupid parents? ACT NOW! Move out, get a job, pay your own bills... While you still know EVERYTHING! Here's a great quote, but I have no idea who said it! If you do, please let me know. "The best time to give children your advice is when they are young enough to believe you know what you are talking about!" Here's a funny saying: As any kid who has ever misbehaved at a neighbor's house finds out, All the mothers in the neighborhood talk to each other. That's a local area network of distributed processors that can't be beat. Here's a funny letter: Dear Dad, $chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With all my $tuff, I $imply can't think of anything I need, $o if you would like, you can ju$t $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you. Love, Your $on Dear Son, I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOgraphy are eNOugh to keep even an hoNOr student busy. Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study eNOugh. Love

27. Center For Stepfamily Development, Boise, Idaho The Center for Stepfamily Development is a resource for stepfamilies in Idaho and the Northwest, providing information, education and support, including classes and counseling. http://www.stepfamilyhelp.com

Center for Stepfamily Development 5460 Franklin Rd. Suite "F" Boise, Idaho, 83705 Email: center@stepfamilyhelp.com The CENTER FOR STEPFAMILY DEVELOPMENT is a valuable resource for divorced and remarried families in Idaho and the Northwest, providing information, education and support. The Center offers classes and counseling for divorced and remarried individuals and families, with a therapist who is trained and knowledgeable about these issues. Marion M. Summers, M.Ed., has been working with stepfamilies for 13 years. She is on the Board of Directors for the Stepfamily Association of America, and has had extensive training in stepfamily dynamics through SAA. She is a member of a successful stepfamily and has been a stepmother for 16 years. Her book, I DIDN'T GROW UP TO BE A WICKED STEPMOTHER , is used extensively in stepmother classes, and is available through SAA and the CENTER FOR STEPFAMILY DEVELOPMENT For more information about the Stepfamily Association of America, go to

28. Supporting Stepfamilies, NF95-212 Nebraska Cooperative Extension NF95212. Supporting stepfamilies. TanaSeymour them. ¹. stepfamilies are Different Not Deficient! Forty http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/family/nf212.htm

Nebraska Cooperative Extension NF95-212 Supporting Stepfamilies Tana Seymour, Project Assistant, Extension Family Life, Pat Steffens, Extension Family Life Specialist Previous Category Catalog Order Info This is the first in a series of NebFacts developed to support and strengthen stepfamilies. For further information please contact your local Extension office. Stepfamilies are Different...Not Deficient! Forty percent of all marriages today are remarriages for at least one of the partners. Approximately 65 percent of these remarriages involve children from a prior marriage. Thus, stepfamilies are formed. A stepfamily is not worse than, better than, or a substi-tute for other families: it is simply different. There are challenges in all types of families, and adults and children in any type of family have similar goals. However, step-families face a more complicated journey because they involve more people in more complex relationships. In addition, there are several characteristics that are unique to stepfamilies. Recognizing and understanding these differences and how they may affect your stepfamily is important to the development of your relationships. Parents, stepparents and children can utilize their individual strengths to create strong, satisfying stepfamilies. Born of Loss The first difference to be recognized is that the step-family is born of loss. Two people entering into marriage for the first time usually have not experienced the major losses of divorce or death that members of a new stepfamily have known. For adults and children, feelings ofinsecurity, sadness and anger can all result from the loss of the bio-logical family or the loss of the dream of the perfect marriage/family.

29. Supporting Stepfamilies: What Do The Children Feel?, NF95-223 Supporting stepfamilies What Do The Children Feel? Children enter stepfamilieswith a history of loss and change beyond their control. http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/family/nf223.htm

Nebraska Cooperative Extension NF95-223 Supporting Stepfamilies: What Do The Children Feel? Tana Seymour, Project Assistant, Extension Family Life Connie Francis, Extension Educator-Home Economics Patricia Steffens, Extension Family Life Specialist Previous Category Catalog Order Info Children enter stepfamilies with a history of loss and change beyond their control. They have often experienced a troubled marriage or a painful death. Their family structure has changed dramatically. They wonder if they are "unlovable" and somehow to blame for all that has happened. Adults often believe that "children are young and resilient so they'll bounce back." Children are swept into the turbulence of divorce or death and the drastic changes that follow, and into the dating and remarriage of their parents. They have no control over any of these events that are having a major effect upon their lives and they feel helpless and angry. While it is likely that children are more flexible than adults, their adjustment depends on how well they are helped through this chaotic time. For the parent and stepparent to have a good relationship with their child, they must recognize and understand the child's feelings and what motivates his or her behavior. Loss of Power and Control Children have no choice in the matter of a divorce or death, nor do they have a choice in the events that follow. This powerlessness interferes with their confidence and sense of security. Children, like adults, need to feel they have choice and control in their lives.

30. Welcome To The Stepfamily Association Of America stepfamily living. Our site provides educational information and resourcesfor anyone interested in stepfamilies and their issues. If http://www.saafamilies.org/

Welcome to the Stepfamily Association of America We're a national, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to successful stepfamily living. Our site provides educational information and resources for anyone interested in stepfamilies and their issues. If you're new here, see our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) or browse the site map The site includes members-only sections. We encourage you to join our efforts, and gain the many benefits of SAA membership! Looking for a local support group or trained therapist ? Got media or research questions? Follow the links. Meet other stepfamily people in the Forum ! It includes conferences for clinicians, stepfamily kids, and support-group leaders. National Stepfamily Day - Learn more about this special day for stepfamilies. Click this Questions, comments, and suggestions about the site or SAA are welcome, at saa@saafamilies.org

31. Stepfamily Association Of America Counseling stepfamilies SAA s Counselor s Corner. STRENGTHENING YOUR STEPFAMILYBY GOING OUT ON A LIMB! By Jean McBride, MS, LMFT*. stepfamilies, Spring 1994. http://www.saafamilies.org/education/articles/prof/mcbride.htm

Counseling Stepfamilies : SAA's Counselor's Corner STRENGTHENING YOUR STEPFAMILY BY GOING OUT ON A LIMB By Jean McBride, M.S., L.M.F.T.* STEPFAMILIES, Spring 1994 Remember when you were a child and your mother would send you outside to play? As children we probably gave it little thought except that maybe she wanted us out of the house for awhile. So, we went outside, and played, and had fun. It was stress management for children (and for parents too!). While the motive may have been to get the kids out from underfoot, the method itself had great wisdom. Play provides an excellent opportunity to learn and to grow in ways that are entertaining and non-threatening. The adventure therapy model is easily adapted to working with stepfamilies. It provides multiple opportunities to assess and to work on issues of trust communication, problem solving, role definition, boundary setting, working as a team and developing a bank of shared experiences. The adventure setting encourages participants to venture outside of their comfort zone, thus producing a state of internal conflict. This conflict provides the motivation for integrating new knowledge and reshaping perceptions in order to make personal changes. In this case, the family consisted of a father, a stepmother, three boys ages 9, 10, 1 2, and a girl age 15. They contracted with their therapist to do adventure therapy to work on issues of trust, communication, and team building. One 90 minute session will be described here. It was the first of a 4-week program in which the family participated.

32. Stepfamilies And Co-Parenting Resources, information, organizations, articles, and books on stepfamilies andsuccessful coparenting. 1-877-362-8727. stepfamilies and Co-Parenting. http://www.focusas.com/Stepfamily.html

Focus Adolescent Services Need help for your teen? Call FocusAS or Stepfamilies and Co-Parenting Parenting Teens Single Parenting Help Your Teen Adjust to a Stepfamily Click here to find out if your child is at-risk, displaying self-destructive behaviors, and needs your help and intervention. Home Resources State Directory Schools ... Contact Books In association with , we offer the best parenting and self-help books available. Each purchase you make supports Focus Adolescent Services, a free internet clearinghouse of information and resources for families with troubled teens. Read All The Books Parents Are Forever: A Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming Successful Co-Parents After Divorce by Shirley Thomas and Dorothy Rankin This is the first book to use cognitive psychology to help parents through the divorce recovery process. Parents are Forever provides a helpful checklist for determining co-parenting issues and decisions, and a sample co-parent agreement for joint custody. Visit

33. Step Families However, most graduate schools of psychiatry, psychology, and social work provideno specific training in dealing with these particular dynamics of stepfamilies http://parenthood.library.wisc.edu/Bliss/Bliss.html

Home Topics Authors Work Groups ... Search Step Families Beverly Bliss, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist, Madison, WI Statistics The Statistics Are Staggering: One out of two marriages ends in divorce. Sixty percent of second marriages fail, according to the U.S. Census Bureau 66% of marriages and living together situations end in break up, when children are actively involved, according to Stepfamily Foundation statistics. It is predicted that 50% of children in the US will go through a divorce before they are 18. Approximately half of all Americans are currently involved in some form of step relationship. By the year 2000, according to the Census Bureau, more Americans will be living in step families than in nuclear families. In his 1994 study, "The Changing Character of Stepfamilies," Professor of Sociology Larry L. Bumpass of the University of Wisconsin challenges the common perception that the stepfamily is defined by marriage. His research states that: About half of the 60 million children under the age of thirteen in this country are currently living with one biological parent and that parent's current partner. Nearly half of all women, not just mothers, are likely to live in a stepfamily relationship, when we include living-together families in our definition of the stepfamily.

34. BabyCentre | Bulletin Board: Stepfamilies Board stepfamilies stepfamilies can be wonderful, but can also bring theirown special challenges, especially when there s a new baby involved. http://www.babycentre.co.uk/bbs/545215/

var ACM; Become a member Login Site Index Features Baby Namer Pregnancy Calendar Baby Calendar Interactive Tools Vote in the poll of the day. Sound Advice Birth Announcements Create a web page to send to your family and friends. Free BabyCentre Newsletter! Up-to-date parenting news Community Bulletin Boards Board: Stepfamilies Stepfamilies can be wonderful, but can also bring their own special challenges, especially when there's a new baby involved. Find other stepparents here for support and ideas. Please read our community guidelines before posting. If you have any concerns or comments about this board, please contact Julia , our community manager. These boards are for personal use only journalists and researchers must contact us before posting. See list of all bulletin boards Create Topic TOPIC LATEST feeling down (See all postings) First Message ellenm: Hi all as you may know me and dp... monchini: Hi Ellen To my opinion... Update about redundancy + XW (See all postings) First Message hedy: Hi All XW had been very quiet... Latest Messages Awwwwww bless her she's lovely, can I have her for...

35. Results For: Step-Families Coach Psychologist. 1 Personal Growth 2- Couples Communication 2- Conflict Resolution3- Balancing Career Family Relationship 4- stepfamilies (eg blending http://www.coachingcircles.com/results/STEPFAMILIES.html

Supporting People in their Greatness Step-Families Related Products Parents are Forever by Shirley Thomas, Ph.D View more Step-Families books in the Coaching Circles' Online Store Call us at if you need help selecting a coach. 9 Matches for: Couple's Issues - Step-Families Expert Discipline Specialties Location Offering Language Schedule a session (Availability below) Robert Bates, Ph.D View Profile Psychologist 1- Couple's Communication 1- Conflict Resolution 2- Bereavement and Unresolved Grief 3- Personal growth 4 -Step Families 4- Spirituality (non-religious) Florence, MA 45 min session $90/session English 9-5p PST Jennifer Beibel View Profile Coach 1- Personal Growth 2- Step Families 3- Single Life/ Dating 4- Balancing Career, Family 5- Couple's Communication 5- Conflict Resolution North Branch, MN

36. LookSmart - Directory - Stepfamilies For stepfamilies. stepfamilies Find advice and informationfrom the point of view of stepchildren and stepparents. Directory http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317837/us317919/us328872/us271490/

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37. CHILD ABUSE IN STEPFAMILIES What s important for stepfamilies is to recognize the special stresses in theirrelationships that may lead to child abuse and then take healthy action to http://www.stepfamily.net/Childabuse.htm

Recognizing the Signs of Child Abuse Injured child whose parents do not seek immediate medical care. Attempts to conceal child's injuries or vagueness about how injuries occurred. Child who always shows up at your house at meal time and asks for food or seems badly nourished. Unsupervised child out on the street at inappropriate times. Unusual behavior like aggressive, negative, or extremely passive and withdrawn; excessive fatigue. by Susan English and Thomas Wohlmut T he number of reported cases of child abuse has risen since 1976 from around 400,000 to almost 3 million. Statistics from 1995 indicate that about 52 percent of the victims suffered neglect, 25 percent suffered physical abuse, 13 percent sexual abuse, 5 percent emotional maltreatment, 3 percent medical neglect, and 14 percent other forms of maltreatment. Some children suffered more than one type of abuse. The U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect reported in 1990, "Child maltreatment is especially likely to occur when families under stress lack support from their neighbors. Child maltreatment occurs more frequently among socially isolated families." Very few studies have compared biological parent vs. stepparent child abuse. One 1989 study compared families in which a daughter had been sexually abused by a biological father or stepfather. The study confirmed that biological father abuser families showed much higher levels of drug and/or alcohol abuse, marital problems, and low income than did stepfather abuser families.

38. STEPFAMILIES-INTERNATIONAL Dr. Margorie Engel - Home Dr. Margorie Engel is an author, speaker, and media consultant specializing in familiescomplicated by divorce and remarriage creating stepfamilies. http://www.stepfamilies-international.org/

@import "images/china-with-palette-33.css"; /* */ STEPFAMILIES-INTERNATIONAL Dr. Margorie Engel Home Books Media Talk Topics Create Loving, Mutually Satisfying, and Successful New Partnerships Dr. Margorie Engel Stepfamily Association of America Click here to send e-mail to Dr. Engel Tips for weddings with an extra measure of joyfulness and meaning. Quick-read booklets for stepfamily money management. Divorce organizations, agencies, and publications. ... Ways to manage your divorce business with grace and style. Welcome to Stepfamilies-International Hi, Did you know that over half of the American population is a member of a complicated family through divorce, single parenting, living together, or as a stepfamily? This means that more than 135 million people are in need of information, support, advice, and tangible goods and services in order to unravel hassles and successfully manage their daily lives. I am passionately committed to providing effective, creative, and timely information to avoid or minimize negative individual and family consequences from these life transitions. As President of the Stepfamily Association of America - our only national non-profit membership organization to provide information, education, support and advocacy for stepfamilies - I routinely work with an expert network of family service professionals. Imagine if, together with me, you could say to yourself, your readers, viewers, listeners, members, employees, or clients who are experiencing family transitions:

39. Making Stepfamilies Work My wife treats my children differently from hers. Advice on blending stepfamiliesand treating the children equally. Click Here! Making stepfamilies work. http://www.ivillage.co.uk/parenting/family/steppar/qas/0,,186643_187476,00.html

var cimsCid = ''; var cimsUid = '187476'; iv_hideTacoda = true; Search iVillage for: Home Join free Horoscopes Quizzes Related Channels: Health Travel more ... You are here iVillage.co.uk parenting your family divorce and step families Pre-school Schoolage Teens Practical advice ... More quizzes Parenting Relationships Pregnancy iVillage News more newsletters Parenting home Making stepfamilies work by Gayle Peterson more Design a parenting plan Making stepfamilies work First steps to adoption Survive life's difficulties ... printer friendly I don't know how to deal with my wife's treatment of my biological children. She treats her own son, who is the youngest, like a little angel, and my children (five, six and seven) very differently. My wife and her family think that my children are trouble. I work long hours, so I'm not home a lot. How can I get her to be fair in dealing with my children? You and your wife are experiencing the challenges of becoming a stepfamily. Your particular circumstances define you as a complex stepfamily, meaning that you both bring children to the marriage. This is the most complicated stepfamily formation. All children have suffered loss of their original family situation and that loss needs to be recognised. It is natural for both of you to experience feelings of belonging to your own biological children. But you are rapidly taking on traditional roles and expectations that increase the pressure to be one big happy family. This increases the likelihood of an explosion.

40. Stepfamilies - InStep Ministries - Christian Books faith. Successful singles and stepfamilies maintain a strong commitmentto God and to others. InStep stepfamilies. Successful stepfamilies http://www.instepministries.com/stepfamilies_-_instep_ministri.html

Newsletter Upcoming Events InStep Ministries Characteristics Myths Tips Struggles ... Tasks Stepfamilies Successful stepfamilies maintain a strong commitment to God and to one another. This commitment is critical to weather the storms of the first few years when strangers work hard to become a family. InStep wants to partner with your family. We have experience, resources and practical, Biblical information to assist you. The following is some basic information about stepfamilies, to find out more, purchase a copy of one of our workbooks and/or attend one of our seminars. What is a Stepfamily? What’s in a Name? Why is Remarriage and Stepfamily Life So Challenging? We live in an era of broken world relationships. Drugs, alcohol, abuse, family violence, lack of consistent love or guidelines etc. take a toll on individuals as they grow up in non-nurturing and unhealthy families. Marriages made up of individuals from unhealthy families generally repeat the patterns they have learned. At least half of marriages and over half of remarriages fail in the first seven years. Over 80% of divorced or widowed individuals remarry. Others, and the number is growing, choose to "live together," thinking that if they are not married, they won't repeat the same mistakes they or their parents made. Let's examine some specific reasons remarriage and stepfamily life presents such a challenge and has such a low rate of success. Divorced individuals are extremely wounded, both emotionally and spiritually. This woundedness has many consequences: guilt, shame, fear, distrust, self-protection, lack of empathy and an inability to communicate or solve problems effectively. Many divorced individuals feel like a failure. Wounded individuals have difficulty discerning the essential qualities of a potential partner. Fear and loneliness often guide partner choices. Wounded individuals are self-absorbed and therefore unable to effectively meet the needs of a partner.

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