Living in Step

This book came highly recommended from a couple friends. I haven't quite finished reading it, but it already has lived up to it's recommendation.

Prior to becoming a step parent I rushed to the bookstore and pulled the only three step parenting books they had off the shelf and bought them. Thank God one of them happened to be this one. Living In Step proved to be a far superior guild than the other two. The book is well written and VERY practical. As a guy I was concerned I would have to wade through a lot of touchy feeling .... Not so. This book comes straight to the point. I liked how it is broken into sections for the step father and step mother. I was able to concentrate on the step father parts and skim over the step mother section just enough to understand how my new wife would be effected by this too.I am nearly five years into this new relationship with my step child from when I first read this book and it has proved itself to be worth it's weight in gold. Early in the relationship when a situation would happen, I could just smile inside because I had been forewarned. Rejection from my step child was not the end but the beginning of a transition they, and I, had to go through to get where we are today. The book gave me the ability to embrace situations as they arose instead of running away in horror.Do whatever you have to do to get this book. It can change your relationship for the better.

This book helped me to understand the feelings of my husband, his children and my own. In every situtation possible, this book makes you say "yeah thats how it really is and yes, I now understand". A real eye opener to anyone in any step situtation. Please read this before you leap into a step situtation. It will help you deal with alot of emotional garbage.