The Complete Idiot's Guide to Stepparenting (Paperback)

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Product Description

Tips on dealing with step-sibling rivalry, coping with teenagers, and cooperating with birth parents and grandparents--all are covered in this helpful guide designed to the approximately 1,300 new stepfamilies formed every year in America.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Alpha (April 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0028624076
• ISBN-13: 978-0028624075
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #274,400 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The help I needed when I needed it!, June 24, 2000

By	"[e-mail]" (Nevada) - See all my reviews

This funny, informative, and well-organized book will take you from the dating stage on up the stepparenting ladder. It helped quiet a LOT of my fears early on, and brought up many subjects for discussion. This book is exactly what I needed when I was starting out. Touches just about every subject, not always in great detail, but has a long list of resources.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disorganized, a blizzard of unfinished thoughts, January 3, 2004

By	Mikey (Beautiful central Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

I have been a step-parent to two wonderful children for almost two years. I recieved this book for xmas, I never would have bought it had I looked at any one page. The book reads like someone took 100 post it notes with tidbits of info on them and threw them together to create a book. Unfortunatley the information (if it can so be called) is nothing more then a bunch of questions and the author saying how difficult living with a stepchild will be, she says it over and over and over.... The book is set up with a small paragraph with an idea or a question followed by "see more on this in chapter 9 or 14" etc. It is not only not informative but it a very annoying book to read. I can sum this entire book up in one sentence "Raising or Living with a step child/stepchildren is not easy, it is going to be stressful and challenging (see more on this at the beginning of my review)" There I just saved you 20 dollars, now find a different book to buy.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The help I needed when I needed it!, June 24, 2000

By	"[e-mail]" (Nevada) - See all my reviews

This funny, informative, and well-organized book will take you from the dating stage on up the stepparenting ladder. It helped quiet a LOT of my fears early on, and brought up many subjects for discussion. This book is exactly what I needed when I was starting out. Touches just about every subject, not always in great detail, but has a long list of resources.