Stepfamily

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Stepfamily Foundation Membership Packet - $85
What you need to know …the basics LIVING IN STEP
This is the first book *ever* written to look at the stepfamily from all points of view. It depicts the point of view of each member. There are 60 million stepparents in the United States today. Prior to LIVING IN STEP, no book had been written that defines the problems and offers advice on conflicts endemic to each member of the stepfamily. How does a stepparent deal with natural hostility encountered from the stepchildren? Who comes first?By identifying the roots of the problems LIVING IN STEP helps step-people achieve family harmony they often did not think possible.
Family Rules
Would you like to create a well-run family team where you are clearly the leader? Would you like to come home to a house where everyone says please and thank you, shares the housework, and truly enjoys dinner together? Do you long for a home-life where children feel loved and cared for and you feel respected and in control? FAMILY RULES not only gives you the tools you need to create a happy well-run family but the parenting skills to develop character, self-discipline, and self-esteem in children. Easy to institute and easy to follow, FAMILY RULES is the best way to bring stability and tranquility to your home.
How to Stepparent, the audio book on CD
A one -hour audiotape produced by the world famous audio publisher Nightingale-Connant Audio. The behaviors of stepfamilies are dramatized with the voices of parentsand children. Lofas labels the behaviors such as, The Conflict of Loyalties, “Who ComesFirst” and more. She explains what each behavior means in a stepfamily.
Stepparenting
For couples in step situations, making it all work can be an awesome challenge. In this newly revised and updated edition STEPPARENTING, Jeannette Lofas Ph. D., Westbrook University draws on her twenty-year track record of counseling and coaching stepfamilies and provided up-to the minute advice for dealing with the many baffling and emotional issues that beset them today. Practical, supportive, and utterly authoritative, STEPPARENTING provides all the techniques tools and strategies you need to make a happy and successful stepfamily. It is the top-selling book for 20 years on step parenting.
Information and Pamphlets
The Dynamics of Step The Dynamics and the Solutions History of the Stepfamily Foundation Stepfamily Statistics The 10 Steps Digest 10 steps for various members of the stepfamily, holidays and Special Events
The Press Writes
About The Stepfamily Foundation and Divorce and Step Full of Pertinent Articles and Information

WE CAN HELP, AND WE DO! CALL 1-800-SKY-STEP DON’T LET GUILT RUN THE WAY YOU PARENT! COURAGE IS DOING WHAT YOU’RE AFRAID TO DO. THERE CAN BE NO COURAGE UNLESS YOU ARE SCARED.” – EDDIE RICKENBACKER MANAGE YOUR HOME WITH THE SAME ATTENTION YOU GIVE YOUR CAREER ALL WARS AND CONFLICT ARISES OUT OF NOT HONORING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OURSELVES AND OTHERS”- RUMI DON”T FIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CHILDREN, TO GOVERN A CHILD YOU MUST GOVERN YOURSELF FIRST TAKE YOUR PLACE AS HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD THE THING THAT IMPRESSES ME MOST ABOUT AMERICA IS THE WAY PARENTS OBEY THEIR CHILDREN!” – THE DUKE OF WINDSOR WE MUST LEAD, GUIDE, AND PARENT NO MATTER WHAT THE FAMILY STRUCTURE TREAT YOUR FAMILY AS A TEAM! BE THE BEST COACH YOU CAN! CREATE FAMILY RITUALS, THEY WILL BE THE TIMES REMEMBERED FAMILY MEALS ARE A BASIC RITUAL! RULES FOR VISITATION MUST BE CLEAR, PREDICTABLE AND CONSISTANT CREATE ARRIVAL RITUALS THERE ARE NO EX-PARENTS, ONLY EX-SPOUSES! DISCIPLINE MEANS I LOVE YOU DON”T BE A PUSHOVER PARENT SMALL MINDS TALK ABOUT THINGS. MEDIUM MINDS TALK ABOUT EVENTS. GREAT MINDS TALK ABOUT IDEAS.