Can Step Families Be Done Right?

Publisher Description

You want the truth, not a sitcom of illusion. You want authenticity, not just perception. You want to know…Can stepfamilies be done right? Can God really bring beauty from ashes for your "blended" family? "Yes!" say stepmother and stepson, Joann and Seth Webster. In spite of past experience, you can walk with divine confidence, past failures and mixed expectations, to find hope for your future together. Joann and Seth Webster take you where few would ever tread, back into their painful years as a newly blended family when life revolved around "The Divorce," the "Other Parents" and the co-dependant behavior of teenaged brother who reenacted destructive roles that felt familiar.

You will also discover what every stepfamily must survive in order to thrive: * Choosing the best course for discipline

• Determining a role for the stepparentIs there an "easy" way to do visitation?

• Dealing with the "ghosts" in each member's past

• Living through the three cycles of stepfamily life

• Adjusting expectations for becoming a "real family"