Becoming Parents - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Becoming Parents write by Pamela L. Jordan. This book was released on 1999-07-09. Becoming Parents available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Moving into parenthood is typically a time of great joy and excitement, but it also brings fatigue, stress, and conflict. From the authors of the best-selling Fighting for Your Marriage and A Lasting Promise, this unique and innovative guide offers indispensable advice on how to protect and preserve your marriage and take care of yourselves as you become parents. Based on scientific research and containing real-life examples, Becoming Parents challenges you to seize this opportunity to really thrive in your relationship and in parenting together as a team. "If you're having a baby, buy this book! It will give your baby the most important gift of all-parents who know how to keep their relationship happy, satisfying, and stable-the kind of relationship your baby can count on and learn from." --Diane Sollee, director, Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples Education
Becoming A Family
Becoming A Family - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Becoming A Family write by Rena D. Harold. This book was released on 2014-04-08. Becoming A Family available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The movement from young adulthood through coupling and the transition to parenthood may be among the most universal adult developmental transitions. These passages hold interest for all of us, but especially for those who study the psychological, familial, and sociocultural components of development, all of which interact and influence each other. This book enhances understanding of family-life development by shedding light on the meanings that family members ascribe to the developmental process of becoming a family. This is achieved through qualitative analysis of narratives through which individuals and families explain themselves, their thinking, and their behavior. These family narratives are windows into individual and family identity, as well as descriptions of connections to others. The book addresses issues including identity, child characteristics, social support, and work. Each chapter includes a review of seminal literature, parents' comments and ideas about the topic, and a discussion of practice, policy, and research implications.
Becoming Us
Becoming Us - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Becoming Us write by Elly Taylor. This book was released on 2014-03. Becoming Us available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Recommended: Childbirth educators"--Cover.
Becoming A Stepfamily
Becoming A Stepfamily - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Becoming A Stepfamily write by Patricia L. Papernow. This book was released on 2015-07-17. Becoming A Stepfamily available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What determines whether stepfamilies remain together? What helps stepfamilies overcomes the difficulties of remarriage and become mutually supportive family units? How can mental health professionals better support this development? This book brings both clarity and depth to the unique and complex dynamics of remarried families. Patricia Papernow draws on interviews with over 100 stepfamily members, up-to-date research, a solid theoretical framework, and an empathic clinical sensibility to present an insightful model of stepfamily development, the Stepfamily Cycle. This details account of the sages of forming a lasting, cohesive group is richly illustrated by stepfamily members' own stories. Becoming a Stepfamily describes the developmental challenges involved in building nourishing, reliable relationships between stepparents and stepchildren, in the newly married couple, and between different family groups who must learn to live together in a remarried family. Papernow discusses the factors that influence the pace and ease of development, and she provides four full length case studies illustrating the varied paths through the stepfamily cycle to the successful remarried life. The author offers therapists, clergy, school personnel, and others involved with stepfamilies a range of effective interventions, including preventive, educational, and clinical approaches. She provides practical guidance for helping family members deal constructively with the differing attachments of children to their biological parents and stepparents, assisting stepparents as they cope with feeling excluded from the powerful biological parent-child bond, and guiding biological parents torn between their spouse's need for intimacy and privacy and their children's needs for support and attention.
Sins of the Family
Sins of the Family - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sins of the Family write by Beverly Hubble Tauke. This book was released on 2004. Sins of the Family available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Every family has relational habits—both positive and negative—passed down from generation to generation. Family counselor Beverly Hubble Tauke, citing real-life stories and suggesting specific “transforming practices,” shows how to put an end to a cycle of negativity and change family patterns so that you and your family can enjoy healthy relationships for generations to come. Full of surprising wit and inspiring insight, "Sins of the Family" will help families find the joy God intended for them.
