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Step Family Resources

18 years ago

I just wanted to share some resources for families. I haven't been to all of these sites or read all these books but they were provided to me and I'd like to pass them on to you:

Active Parenting for Stepfamilies

www.activeparenting.com

National Stepfamily Resource Center

www.stepfamilies.info

Bonus Families

www.bonusfamilies.com

Our Family wizard

www.ourfamilywizard.com

Stepfamily Information

www.sfhelp.org

Stepfamily Living

www.stepfamilyliving.com

Coalition for Marriage, Family & Couples

www.smartmarriages.com

Divorce Support

www.divorcesupport.com

Books:

35 ways to help a grieving child (from Dougy Center for grieving children)

Changing family games (by Beth Marcozai)

Ex-Etiquette for parents; Good behavior after divorce or separation (by Jann Blackstone-Ford, MA and Sharyl Jupe)

Jessica's two families (by Lynn Hugo)

Jigsaw Puzzle Family; The stepkids' guide to fitting it together (by Cynthia MacGregor)

Remarried with Children; 10 secrets for successfully Blending and Extending Your Family (by Barbara LeBey)

Stay close; 40 Clever ways to connect with kids when you're apart (by Tenessa Gemelke)

Stepparenting; Everything you need to know to make it work (by Jeannette Lofas)

Strengthening your stepfamily (by Elizabeth Einstein, MA, LMFT, and Linda Albert, PhD)

Taming the spirited child (by Michael H. Popkin, PhD)

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Comments (3)

bpts_chick
18 years ago
Nice list! Thank you!
imamommy
Original Author
18 years ago
your welcome
lafevem
18 years ago
I would like to add a couple more resources.

and also the book, "Joint Custody with a Jerk". Our attorney gave us the book, and although the title is awful, it really has a great deal of information.

and the following link:

Here is a link that might be useful: Blended Family Blog

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