📚 Stepfamilies by James H. Bray and John Kelly

This book shares the findings of a ten-year study of stepfamilies led by James H. Bray and funded by the National Institutes of Health. Written with John Kelly, it looks at the different forms stepfamilies take, and why some face more strain than others.

Key Themes

• The distinct forms that stepfamilies take
• The natural life cycle of a stepfamily
• Parenting and managing change
• Separating a second marriage from a first, and the parent who lives elsewhere

Sissoo recommends this because blending a family brings real change for everyone in it. Bray names the basic tasks that all stepfamilies share. This may help readers make sense of their own family's experience.

If you would like space to talk things through, you can explore Speaking & Listening Therapies on Sissoo.

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