Yours, Mine & Ours: Surviving and Thriving in a Blended Family

When we first got together Donna and I had each been married before, and both of us had kids. She had a 13 year old daughter, Susan, and a 9-year-old son, Barry, and I had a 13 year old son, Frank... We were not married long when we had two more children, both boys... This book is the result of our efforts to understand, chronicle and then explain the experiences we had in putting together a family that began as diverse people from different backgrounds... Divorce does not bring out the best in people, and the effect on the children is long lasting. There is no reason though why you and they can not become involved in a process to help repair some of that damage. Developing a working blended family is one way to help that process happen. This book is neither a cookbook nor a do-it-yourself manual of step-by-step instructions on what should or should not be done. Hopefully though, you will get some new ideas, realize the consequences of different behaviors that you may have tried, and know that many other people have made even worse mistakes, but been able to work things out. George Glass