Marriage SOS: Blended Family Edition: Resolve Your Problems & Become a Real Family in One Month

In this Blended Family Edition of her Marriage SOS book series, marriage author-expert and couples mediator Debra Macleod, B.A., LL.B. offers straightforward, realistic advice to partners who are struggling with a blended family or step situation. Best of all, she helps partners use their step situation to strengthen their relationship instead of destroying it. Part marriage manual and part wake-up call to couples, this month-long relationship saver gives partners a new "lifeline" strategy each day to strengthen their relationship and improve blended-family life. It also offers an overview of the biggest challenges that partners, bio and step-parents face, from a loss of intimacy in their relationship and frustration over child support payments to dealing with a troublesome ex-spouse or finding the patience to understand and connect with a step-child. As with all of Debra Macleod's books, this one doesn't pull any punches. While it is insightful, fair and very encouraging to partners who are sincerely motivated to make the best of a blended family situation, it is alive to the problems and power struggles in blended-family life and tackles these in a plain-spoken way. It is suitable for partners who are willing to hear the "hard truth" at times, which includes looking at their own behavior and making changes when necessary.