Chapman, Gary D.
Summary: "Learn how to create a loving and safe environment amidst the unique challenges of a blended family in this new book from Ron Deal and bestselling author of The 5 Love Languages®, Gary Chapman"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Northfield Publishing 2020
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Summary: "Stepfamily expert addresses key concerns and practical issues facing every stepfamily"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 306.874 DEAPapernow, Patricia L.
Summary: Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships draws on current research, a wide variety of clinical modalities, and thirty years of clinical work with stepfamily members to describe the special challenges stepfamilies face. The book presents the concept of "stepfamily architecture" and the five challenges it creates, and delineates three different levels of strategies-psychoeducation,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Routledge 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 PAPDuhig, Holly
Summary: When parents get divorced or lose a spouse, eventually, they may get remarried, and the people they marry can become stepparents. Young readers learn about how to accept a new person who comes into their life after another parent's departure in this simple and compassionate text. This volume touches on all the changes that may occur in a child's life during the transitional period of welcoming...
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Publishing, an imprint of Greenhaven Publishing, LLC 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.87 DUHHolyoke, Nancy.
Summary: Offers advice to girls dealing with various aspects of divorce, remarriage, and stepfamilies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.89 HOLDeal, Ron L.
Summary: "If you are considering remarriage and want to do everything you can to ensure a happy and fulfilling union, Preparing to Blend from blended-family expert Ron L. Deal offers premarital counsel about how to prepare to blend family relationships, parenting, finances, rituals, and daily routines so that you can build a strong life together"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2021
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Summary: A guide to navigating the sometimes dangerous waters of "stepfamilies" uses interviews with hundreds of people to explain why some strategies work better than others to build dynamic new family structures and relationships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marlowe 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 OCOHicks, Randall
Summary: Step parenting involves special parenting challenges and skills. This book eliminates the fluff and gives you just the nuggets in 50 one-and-two page "chapters," each with an accompanying photograph, concisely addressing a particular issue. This is practical advice that both the stepparent and existing parent can instantly put to use.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WordSlinger Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 HICKatz, Rachelle
Summary: "Designed to help couples with children from prior relationships navigate the challenges of stepfamily life, The Happy Stepcouple is an indispensable self-help guide that instructs couples how to establish realistic stepfamily expectations, communicate effectively, and handle stepfamily problems in ways that strengthen their emotional connection"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 KATBuxbaum, Julie
Summary: Sixteen-year old Jessie, still grieving over her mother's death, must move from Chicago to "The Valley," with a new stepfamily but no new friends until an anonymous fellow student emails and offers to help her navigate the school's treacherous social waters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION BUXHa, Robin
Summary: "A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life--perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo. For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray/Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 HAHolyoke, Nancy.
Summary: Answers letters from girls dealing with various aspects of divorce, remarriage, and stepfamilies. Includes tips, quizzes, and advice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Company Publications 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.89 HOLTharp, Tim
Summary: In the last months of high school, charismatic eighteen-year-old Sutter Keely lives in the present, staying drunk or high most of the time, but that could change when he starts working to boost the self-confidence of a classmate, Aimee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: Book Club Kit 205 FIC THALEBEY, BARBARA
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 646.7 LEBEYTharp, Tim
Summary: In the last months of high school, charismatic eighteen-year-old Sutter Keely lives in the present, staying drunk or high most of the time, but that could change when starts working to boost the self-confidence of a classmate, Aimee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfaguara Juvenil 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN SPANISH THACarlsen, Spike
Summary: "Carpenter Spike Carlsen, his wife, and their recently blended family of five kids set out to build a cabin on the north shore of Lake Superior. Part building guide and part memoir, Cabin Lessons tells the funny, wry, and heartwarming story of their eventful journey--from buying land on an eroding cliff to (finally) enjoying the hideaway of their dreams. Learning as they go, and learning about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 690.80 CARO'Neill, Ed
Summary: Three non-traditional families face everyday challenges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MODThomas, Shirley
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Publisher / Publication Date: Springboard Publications 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 THOCondrell, Kenneth N.
Contents: Mismanaged divorces -- Depressed parents -- Children who feel like failures -- Peer rejection, peer cruelty -- Quarreling parents -- Parental favoritism -- Permissive parenting -- Stepfamilies -- Sibling abuse -- The angry parent -- What makes a child happy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2006