Based on interviews with hundreds of remarried women and men and theirchildren, this highly recommended guide provides a compassionateexploration of the dynamics of stepfamilies. Reflecting the growing realizationthat, in the realm of stepparenting, romance and good intentions are nosubstitute for preparation and communication, Making It as a Stepparentrealistically acknowledges the fears, doubts, and difficulties that affect thestepparenting situation as it offers practical help and insight into the manyaccompanying challenges and rewards. Whether discussing money matters,visitation rights, the use of family names, discipline, sexual tensions, thepressure to "love," or the "instant parent" syndrome, the voices of thestepfamily members interviewed resonate long after the book is put down.Stepparents cannot help but recognize their own disappointments and joys inthese stories. All readers will find Making It as a Stepparent full of wise counsel and needed reassurance.

Making It as a Stepparent: New Roles/New Rules

Parenting & Relationships

Berman, Claire

Family Relationships

Harper-perennial

The trauma of losing a sibling when we are in our adult years is one of the most unrecognized and undertreated areas of psychology. There is no other loss in adult life that appears to be so neglected as the death of a brother or sister, says bereavement specialist and psychologist, Therese Rando. And Rando is just one expert author Berman interviews in this moving book about loss. We see here how, when an adult dies, the parents, spouse, and children of that person become the focus, but brothers and sisters most often fall to the sidelines and are left to find a way to deal with the grief and recover alone. Yet, when a brother or sister dies, we lose our longest lifetime companion, someone with whom we have shared an intimate family history. And, in most cases, that was someone for whom we had conflicted feelings: shared identity yet competitive feelings, pride yet jealousy, love yet hate. Most of us come to make peace with the relationship at some point. How to make peace with the death of the sibling - which can conjure up a well of feelings, from wishing you were closer to wanting to change some past events you shared - can haunt an adult. But author Claire Berman, who lost her own sister to heart disease in the week of September 11, 2001, when America lost its innocence, takes us into the emotional world of sibling loss, showing us how to understand and navigate the aftermath of a loss that can leave adults feeling angry, confused, guilty, empty, or just like Berman, wanting to hit that speed dial button still marked with her sister's name.

When a Brother or Sister Dies: Looking Back, Moving Forward

Self-Help

Death & Grief

Praeger

Based on interviews with hundreds of remarried women and men and theirchildren, this highly recommended guide provides a compassionateexploration of the dynamics of stepfamilies. Reflecting the growing realizationthat, in the realm of stepparenting, romance and good intentions are nosubstitute for preparation and communication, Making It as a Stepparentrealistically acknowledges the fears, doubts, and difficulties that affect thestepparenting situation as it offers practical help and insight into the manyaccompanying challenges and rewards. Whether discussing money matters,visitation rights, the use of family names, discipline, sexual tensions, thepressure to "love," or the "instant parent" syndrome, the voices of thestepfamily members interviewed resonate long after the book is put down.Stepparents cannot help but recognize their own disappointments and joys inthese stories. All readers will find Making It as a Stepparent full of wise counsel and needed reassurance.

Making it as a stepparent: New roles/new rules

DOUBLEDAY

For thirty-two years Ken Steele lived with the devastating symptoms of schizophrenia, tortured by inner voices commanding him to kill himself, ravaged by the delusions of paranoia, barely surviving on the ragged edges of society. In this powerful and inspiring story, Steele tells the story of his hard-won recovery from schizophrenia and how activism and advocacy helped him regain his sanity and go on to give hope and support to so many others like him.His recovery began with a small but intensely dramatic moment. One evening in the spring of 1995, shortly after starting on Risperdal, a new antipsychotic medicine, he realized that the voices that had tormented him for three decades had suddenly stopped. Terrified but also empowered by this new freedom, Steele rose to the challenge of creating a new life. Steele went on to become one of the most vocal advocates of the mentally ill, earning the respect not only of patients and families but also of professionals and policymakers all over America through his tireless devotion to a cause that transformed his life and that of countless others.The Day the Voices Stopped will endure as Ken Steele's testament for all who struggle with this heartbreaking disease.

The Day The Voices Stopped: A Schizophrenic's Journey From Madness To Hope

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Steele, Ken

Mental Health

Basic Books

3 Worlds Of Leonid

Biographies & Memoirs

Interviews with stepparents, stepchildren, psychiatrists, and other professionals point out the unique adjustment problems of the stepfamily, discussing how families merge different lifestyles and contend with a rapidly extended family of grandparents and cousins

Making It As a Stepparent

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

BANTAM BOOKS

The effects of divorce resonate in the lives of children, and then adults, long after the initial trauma is passed. In "A Hole in My Heart," the author chronicles the anguish of over fifty adult children of divorce ranging in age from mid-twenties to mid-sixties. A summary of the authors work is given about common experiences and reactions of adult children of divorce.

A Hole in My Heart: Adult Children of Divorce Speak Out

Psychology & Counseling

Fireside

Explores common problems experienced by adult children of divorce through extensive interviews with both men and women, and offers advice for overcoming those problems

Adult Children of Divorce Speak Out: About Growing Up With and Moving Beyond Parental Divorce

Simon&Schuster

A guide for children of aging parents addresses such issues as guilt, long-distance caregiving, and monetary concerns

Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parents: How to Help, How to Survive (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)

G.K.Hall & Co.