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One Family, Two Family, New Family
Stories and Advice for
Stepfamilies
Lisa Cohn
and William Merkel, Ph.D.
One out
of every three couples now start their marriages with children
from previous marriages. There are more than 20 million stepfamilies
in America, and more than half of Americans alive today will
take part in stepfamily life at some point in their lives.
Lisa Cohn
and William Merkel have written an honest and revealing work
that provides stepfamilies and dating single parents with
wisdom and practical advice. One Family, Two Family, New
Family is the story of how Lisa and Bill survived their
first years together, which is the most difficult time for
second families, experts say. Weaving in stories from three
other stepfamilies, Bill and Lisa discuss how they chose to
unite their hearts and families, but keep their refrigerators
and checkbooks separate. Lisa and Bill explain how they and
other families came to accept difficult children and abandon
fantasies about loving all children equally.
One
Family, Two Family, New Family is filled with helpful
tips along with brutally honest revelations of the joys and
fears, struggles and triumphs of the New American Family.
About
the Authors
Lisa Cohn is an-award-winning writer whose work has appeared
in the Christian Science Monitor, Parenting, Mothering,
The Oregonian, Mother Earth News, Brain, Child: The Magazine
For Thinking Mothers, and Your Stepfamily Magazine.
She lives in Portland, Oregon with her collaborator William
Merkel and their children.
William Merkel, Ph.D. is
a psychologist who teaches at Providence Portland Medical
Center and has a private practice. A former associate professor
at Oregon Health Sciences University, he is a Fellow in the
American Academy of Clinical Psychology and an Approved Supervisor
in the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.
Praise For One Family, Two Family, New Family:
"Of
all the books written about the unique struggles and opportunities
of stepfamilies, none combine both wisdom and wit as well
as Cohn and Merkel's articulate and compassionate treatment
of the subject. One Family, Two Family will be an enormous
aid to anyone involved in creating a New family."
--
Alan S. Gurman, Ph.D.,
Recipient of the American Psychological
Association's 2003 Award for Distinguished Contribution to
Family
Psychology and Professor of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin
Medical School
Authors' Website:
www.stepfamilyadvice.com
Table
of Contents:
Chapter One: Exploits In Dating
Chapter Two: First Encounters
With The Kids
Chapter Three: Insiders and
Outsiders
Chapter Four: Waiting For
Love From Stepchildren
Chapter Five: Alone With A
Spouse’s Child
Chapter Six: Committing To
A Family
Chapter Seven: The Reality
Hits Home
Chapter Eight: When To Blend,
When To Stay Separate
Chapter Nine: The Worst of
Times
Chapter Ten: "Who’s In
Your Family Tuesday?" And Other Questions From Relatives
and Friends
Chapter Eleven: The Ex-Spouses
Who Never Go Away—And Shouldn’t
Chapter Twelve: Coming Together
Chapter Thirteen: Establishing
New Traditions
Epilogue: Still Breathing
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