Blending Families Successfully

Helping Parents and Kids Navigate the Challenges So That Everyone Ends Up Happy

De: George Glass

Narrado por: Brian Troxell

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, less than half of the people who get married in the United States remain with their first spouse, and less than 50 percent of children grow up with both biological parents. In short, we live in a society of blended families. Everyone who survives a divorce and enters a new family is vulnerable. George Glass, MD, a board-certified psychiatrist, has designed an audiobook to help parents understand the challenges of beginning new lives with blended families, and to help their children make the necessary adjustments. He explains how to approach unavoidable dilemmas when they occur and offers invaluable lessons about the link between divorce and issues of self-esteem, depression, substance abuse, and relationship failures that often result from the breakup of a family.

Gathered from his years in practice and his own personal experience as a member of a blended family, Glass provides practical solutions to everyday problems. Blending a family, Glass explains, is a process, which requires patience. It can take a long time to develop trust, acceptance, and a willingness to overlook transgressions that in the beginning can cause tension. Each chapter offers specific advice to help blended family members improve their communication skills and ease the transitions from separate households into a larger, combined community. Taken together with a steady dose of "Dos and Don'ts", this book provides an inspiring toolkit for families in need.

©2014 George Glass (P)2014 Audible Inc.

Excellent book

Very helpful and informative It covered many topics and situations that I had not thought about.

Better for when you’re closer to marriage

Great book! I was looking for something for the beginning stages of dating/relationships with partners who have small children. This would be great for couples who are deeply committed and ready for marriage/living together.

It’s not impossible

I recommend giving this book a try. Very inspirational. It can be the difference between success and failure.

meh

predictable and repetitive... nothing innovative... but affirming wisdom for anyone seeking to blend families. left me wanting more.

Great if you are not already "Blended"

This book covers a lot applicable to those in the midst of divorce or not yet in a Blended Family to give insight on one day having a Blended Family. I felt like I wanted to fast forward through the book as I'm already in a Blended Relationship. Then again, I do read a lot of self development books, so if you don't, you may still take away a lot more good insights.

Narrator is really good.