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Stepparenting the Grieving Child
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Stepparenting the Grieving Child
“Diane Fromme’s Stepparenting the Grieving Child is a tenderly illuminating and eminently practical book that fills an important gap in the stepparenting literature. Some may believe that lack of a living ex-spouse eases the formation of a new “blended” family. In fact, stepfamilies formed by death encounter multiple unexpected layers of intense complexity for both grieving children and for their parents and stepparents.
Stepparenting the Grieving Child provides much needed guidance to parents and stepparents as well as to the mental health, religious, medical and education professionals involved with them and their grieving children.”
−Dr. Patricia Papernow, acclaimed psychologist, author of Becoming a Stepfamily: Patterns of Development in Remarried Families, Senior Faculty of the National Stepfamily Resource Center.
“Stepparenting the Grieving Child will land on very welcoming shores.”
−Jean McBride, author of Encouraging Words for New Stepmothers, former director of the Center for Divorce and Remarriage in Colorado, staff writer for the National Stepfamily Resource Center
“New stepparents of grieving children face a perfect storm − the effects of trauma from a parent’s death coupled with new family relationships. The landmines are many, the sources of relevant wisdom few. Stepparenting the Grieving Child offers guidance on a topic that’s barely touched upon elsewhere. That’s why this book is so important, both for the children, who suffer the most, and for the adults, who hope to “do it right.”
−Mary Ann Emswiler, coauthor of Guiding Your Child Through Grief, cofounder of the Cove Center for Grieving Children in Connecticut.
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