101. Counseling Notes StepFamilies His web site, Successful stepfamilies, is an excellent source for information and Successful stepfamilies appears to be written by Chris Gonzales. http://www.mcelroycounseling.com/notes/2005/08/stepfamilies.html

102. KIDS: Preschool Reading Lists - Divorce And Stepfamilies City of Mesa Library on the web. Mesa, Arizona s public library. http://www.mesalibrary.org/kids/reading_presch/divorce.asp

home kids preschoolers Picture Books about Divorce ... Juvenile Fiction about Stepfamilies Picture Books about Divorce Adams, E. On the Day His Daddy Left . (JUV E) On the day his father moves out of the house, Danny's teacher, friends, and family reassure him that his parents' divorce is not his fault. Ballard, R. Gracie . (JUV E) Gracie describes life in her two separate homes, one with her mother and one with her father. Boegehold, B. Daddy Doesn’t Live Here Anymore . (JUV E) A book about family divorce. Boyd, L. The Not-So-Wicked Stepmother . (JUV E) Expecting her new stepmother to be mean, ugly, and horrible, Hessie is surprised and confused to find her not wicked at all. Brown, L. Dinosaurs Divorce . (JUV E) Presents reasons why parents divorce and offers suggestions to help cope with the change. Bunting, E. Some Frog . (JUV E) Billy is disappointed when his father doesn't show up to help him catch a frog for the frog-jumping competition at school, but the one he and his mother catch wins the championship and Billy begins to accept his father's absence. Caseley, J.

103. Stepfamilies In Australia - AIFS Conference Paper 1998 - Australian Institute Of Unacknowledged change stepfamilies in Australia, paper by Steve Martin presented to 6th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference 1998. http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/afrc6papers/martins.html

Changing families, challenging futures 6th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference Melbourne 25-27 November 1998 Unacknowledged Change: Stepfamilies in Australia Steve Martin Executive Officer, Stepfamily Association of Victoria Inc. This paper documents the experience of the Stepfamily Association of Vic in working with stepfamilies. It raises some questions which I trust you may find useful, whether your interest is in social policy, research, family practice, or if you are here because you are in a family. The main part of the paper explores issues relating to the lack of recognition and support many stepfamilies experience as part of everyday life. It argues that stepfamilies occupy an ambivalent position in society which is disempowering for them, and ignores the positive contribution they have to make in a changing society. The final part of the paper explores what the Stepfamily Association believes needs to happen for this picture to change. 1. Lack of recognition and support - an experience of ambivalence. When someone (with authority) describes the world and you are not in it, there is a moment of psychic disequilibrium, as if you looked into a mirror and saw nothing (Rich in Meemeduma, 1993:163)

104. CHILD ABUSE IN STEPFAMILIES What s important for stepfamilies is to recognize the special stresses in their The wellpresented page Child abuse in stepfamilies is it worse? by http://www.stepfamily.net/Childabuse.htm

Recognizing the Signs of Child Abuse Injured child whose parents do not seek immediate medical care. Attempts to conceal child's injuries or vagueness about how injuries occurred. Child who always shows up at your house at meal time and asks for food or seems badly nourished. Unsupervised child out on the street at inappropriate times. Unusual behavior like aggressive, negative, or extremely passive and withdrawn; excessive fatigue. by Susan English and Thomas Wohlmut T he number of reported cases of child abuse has risen since 1976 from around 400,000 to almost 3 million. Statistics from 1995 indicate that about 52 percent of the victims suffered neglect, 25 percent suffered physical abuse, 13 percent sexual abuse, 5 percent emotional maltreatment, 3 percent medical neglect, and 14 percent other forms of maltreatment. Some children suffered more than one type of abuse. The U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect reported in 1990, "Child maltreatment is especially likely to occur when families under stress lack support from their neighbors. Child maltreatment occurs more frequently among socially isolated families." Very few studies have compared biological parent vs. stepparent child abuse. One 1989 study compared families in which a daughter had been sexually abused by a biological father or stepfather. The study confirmed that biological father abuser families showed much higher levels of drug and/or alcohol abuse, marital problems, and low income than did stepfather abuser families.

105. Stepfamilies Benefits of stepfamilies. A single parent s remarriage can be a blessing for the parent and child alike by stepfamilies and the Other Biological Parent http://www.aap.org/pubed/ZZZEMLWSUDC.htm?&sub_cat=106

106. Family - Home stepfamilies have been saddled with a less than flattering image. The stepfamilies that feature prominently in television soap operas are usually http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/F/family/21st/stepfamilies.html

TV Listings Text Only Site A-Z FourDocs ... - Who cares? stepfamilies by Joy Francis First, here's a definition. Stepfamilies consist of married or co-habiting ('living together') couples who, between them, have at least one child from a previous relationship who either visits or lives with them. Stepfamilies have been saddled with a less than flattering image. In classic fairy tales such as 'Cinderella' and 'Snow White', we have been presented with wicked stepmothers and unpleasant stepsisters. The stepfamilies that feature prominently in television soap operas are usually characterised by arguments, fist fights and family breakdown. Perhaps this is why, in North America, the term 'blended family' instead of 'stepfamily' is gaining currency. However, the reality facing stepfamilies isn't all doom and gloom nor is it clear cut. It is actually far more complex than these fictional characters suggest. transformed families 41% of all marriages are remarriages for one or both partners. Remarriage rates are twice as high for men as for women. Each year, 11% of lone parents marry or start a co-habiting relationship.

107. A Partial 3-generational Stepfamily Genogram (family "map"). A sample genogram or stepfamily map (diagram). Project 3 agree on your stepfamily identity and who belongs. A Partial Genogram (Family Map) http://sfhelp.org/pop/geno-full.htm

Project 3 - agree on your stepfamily identity and who belongs A Partial " Genogram " (Family Map) of a Multi-generational Stepfamily By Peter K. Gerlach , MSW; Board member Stepfamily Association of America site map or directory , Solutions article , or other page This (real) stepfamily has six active co-parents living in three homes with five dependent kids . There are nine living and dead (and emotionally important) co-grandparents, and many bio and legal relatives. Only four of the six merging biofamilies are shown. The full three-generational stepfamily has 78 adults and children, with the potential for [(78 x 77) / 2] = 3,003 relationships! It will take well over five years for this web of people to stabilize after the last of the co-parent's re marriages. For perspective, see these articles on stepfamily basics , what a stepfamily-identity means; and these vital co-parent questions and answers Options Learn how to map your own family, and what you all can learn from that... Check out www.genopro.com

108. Www.swfamily.org/stepfamily/ http://www.swfamily.org/stepfamily/

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