Positive Discipline for Blended Families: Nurturing Harmony, Respect, and Unity in Your New Stepfamily [Paperback]

Jane Nelsen Ed.D. (Author), Cheryl Erwin (Author), H. Stephen Glenn (Author)

Book Description

Series: Positive Discipline | Publication Date: August 20, 1997

If you?re part of a blended family, you know the special challenges faced by couples with children from previous relationships. You want to help everyone grow into a loving family unit, but you?re not sure how to do it. It?s especially hard on the kids, and that makes the parents? job that much more difficult.
Positive discipline can make the difference. Guaranteeing everyone mutual respect and dignity, this amazingly effective approach to family issues can help you:Break down the barriers that block communication
Build a sense of belonging and commitment uniting every member of the family
Understand family members? actions and encourage cooperation
Establish new traditions, such as family meetings, that will help your family bond
And much more
Positive discipline is practiced by thousands of parents and teachers. It can help your blended household become a loving, peaceful home. Make positive discipline a part of your family life right now!About the Authors

/Jane Nelsen, Ed. D., is a marriage, family, and child counselor who has been active in the positive discipline movement for over a decade.

Cheryl Erwin, M.A., is also a marriage and family therapist and a parenting consultant in private practice.

/H. Stephen Glenn is a nationally renowned seminar leader and writer.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Ask a stepparent about the most difficult challenge of stepfamily life, and you'll likely hear the answer, "Discipline!" Stepparents and remarried parents alike are often baffled as to how to deal with the children in this new family. Who makes the parenting decisions? Who lays down the law? What happens when Mom's house has one set of rules and Dad's house has another? What do you do when parents have different ideas about discipline? In Positive Discipline for Blended Families, family counselors Jane Nelsen and Cheryl Erwin join seminar leader H. Stephen Glenn in tackling these and other sticky questions. The authors provide highly informative background information and time-tested, positive solutions in an easy-to-digest, helpful guide. Stepfamilies need a great deal of support, and this book offers no-nonsense assistance. --Ericka Lutz

Review

The Only Book You Need to Bring Your New Family Together

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles (August 20, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761510354
• ISBN-13: 978-0761510352
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #704,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #98 in Books > Parenting & Relationships > Family Relationships > Stepparenting & Blended Families

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Create a Thriving Environment for Children in Mixed Families, April 11, 2004

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Barbara Rose (BornToInspire.com) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Positive Discipline for Blended Families: Nurturing Harmony, Respect, and Unity in Your New Stepfamily (Paperback)

So many families today are "blended" with new marriages, children from previous marriages, and for the sake of the CHILDREN this book provides pivotal information to help parents and step-parents deal with the everyday problems that are most common and in need of resolution.
This book covers areas such as: "Mistakes are Opportunities to Learn" as opposed to just go on making more mistakes that can ultimately but unknowingly hurt the children. Open and healthy communication with the natural parent of the children; Taking children out of the middle; treating the other parent with respect; Avoiding alienation; "Don't be a Disneyland Parent;" Nonverbal communication; "If the adults are creating conflict - stop it!" "If the child is creating conflict - Understand it!"
Even if you learn just one thing that will make a positive difference in the psychological health and self-esteem of the children, or learn a new method of positive discipline that will help your child overcome a negative pattern, this book is worth buying.
This book is especially useful for families where there is a communication breakdown, either with the children, or either of the natural parents or step- parents. Highly Recommended!

Barbara Rose, Ph.D. author of Stop Being the String Along: A Relationship Guide to Being THE ONE and If God Was Like Man
Editor, inspire! magazine

17 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "so true" situations, October 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Positive Discipline for Blended Families: Nurturing Harmony, Respect, and Unity in Your New Stepfamily (Paperback)

I picked this book off the library shelf to help me be a better stepmother. The more I read, the more it educated me on good and bad behavior between divorced parents and how they "mistreat" their childs relationship with the non-custodial parent(s). As is in my husband's case. If you have an ex-spouse and children, this book speaks the truth on how to act and not act.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Can't recommend the book, January 25, 2002

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Michael J Welch (Saint Paul, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Positive Discipline for Blended Families: Nurturing Harmony, Respect, and Unity in Your New Stepfamily (Paperback)

THis is the first book I read on blended families and was very annoyed by the patronizing style of writing, the artificial dialogues used to illustrate a point and the concepts portrayed.

Better books are out there, check out Kevin Leman with his humorous approach and engaging examples.

Best regards
Michael and Kristin