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Preparing To Blend
$15.99Add to cartA Premarital Guide for Blended Family Couples
If you want to enter a blended family marriage well, this is the book for you. Aimed at engaged or pre-engaged couples who have at least one child from a previous relationship, Preparing to Blend offers wise counsel on parenting, finances, establishing family identity, and daily routines for your new life together. Within these pages you will learn how to:
* predict common issues
* define expectations
* create solutionsYou, your soon-to-be-spouse, and your children will benefit from exercises designed to accelerate family bonding and help you better understand each other. There is even a chapter to help you plan your wedding with your children in mind, so you can build a strong future together. Preparing to Blend is also an ideal premarital counseling tool for marriage coaches, mentors, and pastors wanting to prepare couples for complex blended family dynamics.
If you are considering forming a blended family, Preparing to Blend is the resource you’ve been looking for.
Building Love Together In Blended Families
$15.99Add to cartHow to create a loving and safe environment for your blended family
Blended families face unique challenges, and sadly, good intentions usually aren’t enough. With so many complex relationships at play, all the normal rules for family life change, even how you apply something as simple as the five love languages.
That’s why Gary Chapman, the bestselling author of The 5 Love Languages(R) andnational expert on stepfamilies, Ron Deal, join together in this book to teach you how the five love languages can help your blended family. They’ll teach you:
*about the unique dynamics of stepfamilies
*how to overcome fear and trust issues in marriage
*how to develop healthy parenting and step-parenting practices
*how the love languages should–and should not–be appliedYou’re going to face many challenges, but with the right strategies and some smart work, your family can be stronger and healthier together.
Smart Stepmom : Practical Steps To Help You Thrive
$15.99Add to cartStepfamily experts Ron L. Deal and Laura Petherbridge show you how to survive and thrive as a stepmom, including how to be a positive influence on the children and how to deal with conflict, as well as practical issues like dealing with holidays and between-home communication.