Making Adult Stepfamilies Work: Strategies For The Whole Family When A Parent Marries Later In Life

Making Adult Stepfamilies Work: Strategies For The Whole Family When A Parent Marries Later In Life

The only guide for adult stepchildren and parents on understanding the new family roles and issues that accompany remarriage later in life. From the Inside Flap "Every parent in a blended family can use some help in navigating this tricky emotional terrain. Grace Gabe and Jean Lipman-Blumen are those trustworthy guides anyone needs to make a step-family work; Step Wars is an essential guide, a pragmatic tool, and an invaluable resource." -Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence "Step Wars helps people navigate the changes and choices what come with a new family so that everyone can benefit!" -Spencer Johnson, author of Who Moved My Cheese: An A-mazing Way to Deal With Change About the Author Grace Gabe, M.D., a graduate of Harvard and Boston University, practiced psychiatry and treated many adult stepfamilies in the Washington, D.C., area for three decades. She has published her research in academic journals as well as popular magazines such as Psychology Today.Jean Lipman-Blumen, Ph.D., is a graduate of Wellesley College and the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. She is the author of more than sixty-five articles in academic journals and has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. Her earlier book, The Connective Edge, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.