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Surviving Step-Families

By: Michael Carr-Gregg
Narrated by: Michael Carr-Gregg
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Becoming a step-parent is one of the toughest journeys anyone could ever take, but the rewards can be immeasurable. In this insightful and reassuring book, Australia's leading parenting expert, Michael Carr-Greg, offers practical advice on the following:

  • The typical stages of step-family transition;
  • The particular challenges of the first two years;
  • How to manage conflict and build lasting relationships;
  • Dealing with the ex;
  • The great "no-nos" of step-parenting; and
  • The essential lessons every step-parent needs to learn.

Surviving Step-Families is an invaluable resource that will help to give your new family the greatest chance of success.

©2011 Michael Carr-Gregg (P)2012 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

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informitive, easy to listen to and insightful

Has a lot of good tips for surviving the early years of starting a step family. his voice is not annoying and easy to listen to. more geared towards step families with adolescence and pre teen children.

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very helpful

very helpful. thanks for the effort and time in writing this books. it's a blessing and saver. i recommend this to all the families out there.

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Really helpful book. Thanks Michael.

Really good book highlights a lot of areas where you can make your life easier. It was good to know our experiences are common and things will get better. Worth the read.

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Excellent

Practical & doable tips, thank you! I really appreciate the examples & connection between theory and applications.

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the basics, very well put

really good overview and basics of making step families work. common sense advice for a situation not always natural to have common sense with, especially when you're in the middle of it

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easy and useful read

listened to this in about a week, super useful and approachable advice, have bookmarked several spots to go back and listen with my partner

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Great resourse

This book really helped me to know that the struggles im having with our step family are normal and gave me strategies to help get through them.

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Essential 'steps'

Essential reading for anyone in or considering blending families. Some home truths and stuff not so easy to hear, but worth taking in.

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