Tying the Family Knot: Meeting the Challenges of a Blended Family

by Terri Clark

Overview

Tying your blended family together for life by building your home on the solid foundation of Christ, commitment, and communication.

Blended families are an occurrence that are more common and affect more people today than ever before. The divorce rate for first marriages in America today is at 51 percent and even higher for second marriages with children. 65% of remarriages involve children from a prior marriage on at least one side, creating a blending family.

In the best of circumstances, stepparenting can dampen the enthusiasm of any marriage. Simple problems that are challenging to manage in a traditional home can turn explosive in a blended family.

Tying the Family Knot is a very practical and biblical book that can help make a blended family situation work, and it is written by someone who has been there and blended her own family successfully. If you are wondering, "How does a Christian do this?" Terri Clark offers hope and clear, commonsense advice to couples struggling with the emotional challenges of blending their family as Christians.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781940931203
Publisher:	Timothy Publishing Services
Publication date:	05/30/2018
Pages:	274
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.58(d)

About the Author

Terri Clark is an AACC Biblical Counselor and Christian Life Coach. Her articles have appeared in magazines such as Focus on the Family's Thriving Family Magazine, Lifeway's Home Life, Parent Life and Parenting Teens magazines, as well as Crosswalk.com and CBN.com. As President and Founder of Terri Clark Ministries, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, Terri Clark has an on-going outreach in Uganda where her ministry helped build the Ray of Hope Medical Center and establish a Child Education Sponsorship Program that has served over 500 children. Her international outreaches have included Mexico, India, Vietnam, China and Myanmar. She and her husband, Harvey, enjoy life together, especially while riding their Spyder motorcycles. For more information, visit www.terriclarkministries.org.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments............................................................................. vii

Preface................................................................................................ ix

Introduction........................................................................................ 1

Chapter One: Putting in the Shovel and Digging Deep....................... 5

Chapter Two: New Faces at the Table.................................................. 15

Chapter Three: Ties That Bind.............................................................. 25

Chapter Four: Tying the Family Knot..................................................... 37

Chapter Five: Snake Eggs and Ham: The Stepparent-Stepchild Power Struggle.......................................... 51

Chapter Six: Nailing It Down: Communication…...................... 63

Chapter Seven: Who’s the Boss?....................................................... 77

Chapter Eight: Oh Brother! Stepsibling Rivalry................................ 91

Chapter Nine: The Perplexes of the Exes......................................... 103

Chapter Ten: Visitation: The Permanent Wave............................... 117

Chapter Eleven: Before You Hire an Attorney................................. 139

Chapter Twelve: The Three Rs of Child-Rearing: Teaching Children Character Values................................... 157

Chapter Thirteen: Joining Two Households........................................... 175

Chapter Fourteen: Loaves and Fishes: Making Use of Every Remnant......................................... 193

Chapter Fifteen: Long Hours/Short Days: Tips for Saving Steps, Time, and Money......................... 203

Chapter Sixteen: Empty Nest? Blending with Adult Children........... 221

Chapter Seventeen: Mourning Glories: Conclusion: Looking Forward, Not Behind................................ 253

Endnotes................................................................................. 259