Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Instant Parent

Chapter 2: Your Place or Mine? Deciding Where to Set Up the Blended Household

Chapter 3: Coming to Terms with Terminology

Chapter 4: The Blended, Merged, Combination, His-and-Hers Stepfamily

Chapter 5: Living With One Set of Children

Chapter 6: The Visitors, or Weekend Family

Chapter 7: Talking About Money

Chapter 8: And Then There's Ours

Chapter 9: Reconstructing the Family After a Parent Has Died

Chapter 10: Matters of Discipline

Chapter 11: Many Things You Ought to Consider about S-E-X

Chapter 12: The Bittersweet World of the New Extended Family

Chapter 13: Remarriage in the Later Years

Chapter 14: Seeking Professional Help

Chapter 15: The Support Group: A Shimmer of Light in the Tunnel