Grandparenting is hard enough, but when you add in the blended family element, whether step or adopted, the challenge is even greater. How do you succeed when these children are not your own? How do you make them your own? Can you get them to love you? to like you? to trust you? How do successful grandparents do it?Dene Low, an award winning author and grandparent herself, explores thirty different sets of grandparents and provides tips and solutions from her interviews and researc...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future.In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent Haruf's inimitable fiction, Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters.Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in such a small...

Wives And Daughtersby Elizabeth GaskelThe first instalment of “Wives and Daughters”, Mrs. Gaskell’s latest work, and I think universally regarded as the most artistically perfect of all her productions, appeared in the August number of “The Cornhill Magazine” of the year 1864. The last, but uncompleted, portion of the story was published in the January, 1866, number of the same periodical. It was supplemented by an editorial note, mainly conjectural, from the hand of Mr. Fre...

It's the most daunting task many parents will ever face: bringing two growing families together into one brand new marriage. But even though statistics show that most remarriages are at high risk--especially when there are kids involved--more and more people are learning how to make them work and more and more kids are coming out of them with their psyches and souls intact. This honest and hopeful book looks at those successes--and at some failures--to show what they have in common: ten es...

While resources abound for stepmothers, stepfathers are often left to travel a difficult road without clear directions. Ron Deal offers advice for men navigating the stepfamily minefield, including how to connect with stepchildren, being a godly role model, how to discipline, dealing with the biological dad, and keeping the bond strong with one's new spouse. He gives perspective on what the kids are going through and why things don't work the same as in a biological family. The Smart S...

If you’re one of the more than 15 million stepmothers in the country, you know the particular trials—and joys—of stepfamily dynamics today. You wonder if you’re doing the right thing and, as a stepmother, many of your specific questions are unique. In this second edition of Stepmotherhood: How to Survive Without Feeling Frustrated, Left Out, or Wicked, journalist and stepmother Cherie Burns brings together countless insights and sound advice, based on the latest research and inter...

Smart, warm, telling, and funny, Funny, Your Don't Look Like a Grandmother is the perfect bouquet for today's grandmother, that active and interesting woman who is old enough to be somebody's grandmother and young enough to run around the world.Lois Wyse's new book, charmingly illustrated by Lilla Rogers, is a collection of wit and wisdom for today's Nana, Grandma, Goo-Goo, or Gran.How can you recognize today's grandmother?Easy, says Wyse.The grandmother is ...

Winner of the British Psychological Society Book Award for Best TextbookAn instructive and accessible account of the psychological development of children aged 0-2 years and how it can be supported by social relationships.The first two years are critical in a child's development, influencing what happens in later childhood and even adulthood. Yet how best to support that early development is not always easy to grasp. Now help is at hand with this expert gui...

What Readers are SayingAn amazing captivating story.Itgivesgrandparents raising kids the comfort of knowing, youare not alone.-Bill Trammell, a single grandfather from Wisconsin, raising his adopted grandson.Karen is honest and vulnerable and takes even the worst of what happened and makes something beautiful out of it. A compelling story, from someone whos been there!-Laura Montan Bailey, LMFT, author of Courageous Lo...

Finally, a practical book for busy parents!Whether you find parenting intuitive or impossible, we could all use a hand here and there. And we could use it quick! In 8 Simple Tools, child psychologist and father Todd Cartmell walks you through the nuts and bolts of healthy, effective parenting.Using examples from his home and 20 years of professional practice, Todd gives eight essential and practical tools to help you:Listen well and respond w...

Ideas on building lasting and loving relationships between mothers and daughters. This book is designed to give you one idea per week to help build on your relationship with your daughter.

Sometimes it’s hard to find the right words, especially when you’re writing out a Father’s Day card. You want to express yourself in a way that’s heartfelt without being too sappy. Or maybe you just want to make your cool dad laugh. Either way, you can put a smile on his face with words that reflect the kind of relationship you share. In this collection, you’ll find sentiments applicable to biological fathers, adoptive dads, stepdads, fathers-in-law, grandfathers o...