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The smart stepfamily marriage : keys to success in the blended family / Ron L. Deal and David H. Olson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2015]Description: 254 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0764213091 (pbk.)
  • 9780764213090 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Smart step-family marriage : keys to success in the blended family
Uniform titles:
  • Remarriage checkup
Subject(s):
Contents:
Preface: Discover your couple positioning system (CPS) -- Checkup and check-in -- Building on your strengths -- Beating the odds of divorce : the stepfamily connection -- Positioning yourself for change -- Mapping closeness and flexibility -- Eyes wide open : finding realistic expectations -- Children and parenting : when kids are part of the package -- SCOPE our your personalities, with Peter J. Larson, PhD -- The vital importance of healthy communication -- Managing the fires of conflict -- Extinguishing the fires of conflict -- Leisure : maximize your fun factor -- Remarriage finances : yours, mind, and ours? -- The sex connection -- Finding your spiritual core -- Can we get there from here?
Summary: "Using information from a national remarriage survey of over 50,000 couples, the authors show readers the keys to happy remarriage relationships and how to strengthen their own by overcoming common challenges"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 306.81 D279 Available 33111008127983
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 306.81 D279 Available 33111008008464
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Make This Marriage Last a Lifetime

Leading blended family authority Ron Deal and marriage and family expert David Olson show you how to build on your relationship strengths and improve your weaknesses. Whether you're dating, engaged, a young stepfamily, or an empty-nest couple, The Smart Stepfamily Marriage gives you the tools you need at any stage to create a remarriage that will last.

Each chapter of this book explores one of the key qualities of happy remarriages as identified by research. Like a GPS for your relationship, this book has built-in discussion questions that can help you and your partner discover where you are, where you'd like to be, and how to get there. The online survey gives you a report with personalized results for your relationship.

" The Smart Stepfamily Marriage is the road map to a healthy marriage."--Gary D. Chapman, PhD, author, The Five Love Languages and When Sorry Isn't Enough

"Remarried or marrying again? This book is loaded with specific, useful ideas for helping your marriage reach its full potential."--Scott Stanley, PhD, author, A Lasting Promise ; research professor, University of Denver

"This book is a must-read for any remarried couple. It includes the tools needed to create and maintain a wonderful remarriage."--from the foreword by Evelyn Husband Thompson, widow of Space Shuttle Columbia Commander Rick Husband, now remarried to Bill Thompson

" The Smart Stepfamily Marriage is the most up-to-date, relevant, complete guide for remarried couples--I know of no other resource like it."--Francesca Adler-Baeder, PhD, professor and director, Center for Children, Youth, and Families, Auburn University; director, National Stepfamily Resource Center

"This book will help you thrive in your marriage and beat the odds of divorce. The preventative information is the best I have ever seen, and the practical application covers it all. I have put The Smart Stepfamily Marriage at the top of my resource library for couples who find themselves in this beautiful and yet challenging world of remarriage."--Jim Burns, PhD, president, HomeWord, author of Creating an Intimate Marriage , Confident Parenting , and The Purity Code

"Remarriages have unique challenges and different relational needs than first marriages. Based on a national study of 50,000 couples, this book is a wonderful resource for remarriage couples. Take the online Couple Checkup and get a report about your relationship, read the book, and build a relationship that lasts "--Dr. Gary Smalley, author of The DNA of Relationships

"You want a marriage that lasts forever, right? Blended family couples can beat the odds--this book will tell you how."--Dr. Dennis Rainey, president of FamilyLife, author of Stepping Up

"Previously published as The remarriage checkup"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface: Discover your couple positioning system (CPS) -- Checkup and check-in -- Building on your strengths -- Beating the odds of divorce : the stepfamily connection -- Positioning yourself for change -- Mapping closeness and flexibility -- Eyes wide open : finding realistic expectations -- Children and parenting : when kids are part of the package -- SCOPE our your personalities, with Peter J. Larson, PhD -- The vital importance of healthy communication -- Managing the fires of conflict -- Extinguishing the fires of conflict -- Leisure : maximize your fun factor -- Remarriage finances : yours, mind, and ours? -- The sex connection -- Finding your spiritual core -- Can we get there from here?

"Using information from a national remarriage survey of over 50,000 couples, the authors show readers the keys to happy remarriage relationships and how to strengthen their own by overcoming common challenges"-- Provided by publisher.

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