Living in a Step Family Without Getting Stepped on: Helping Your Children Survive the Birth Order Blender

by Kevin Leman

A guide for stepparents whose children's birth orders have been changed by the presence of new siblings offers advice on role confusion, concepts of self, and building a parenting team. 75,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Genres: Parenting

Hardcover

First published October 1, 1994

About the author

Dr. Kevin Leman, an internationally known psychologist, radio and television personality, and speaker, has taught and entertained audiences worldwide with his wit and commonsense psychology. The best-selling and award-winning author has made house calls for hundreds of radio and television programs, including The View with Barbara Walters, The Today Show, Oprah, CBS's The Early Show, Live with Regis Philbin, CNN's American Morning, and LIFE Today with James Robison, and he has served as a contributing family psychologist to Good Morning America. He is the founder and president of Couples of Promise, an organization designed and committed to helping couples remain happily married. Dr. Leman is also a charter faculty member of iQuestions.com. He has written over 30 best-selling books about marriage and family issues, including The Birth Order Book and Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage. Dr. Leman and his wife, Sande, live in Tucson. They have five children.

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Reviews

[Cinnamon Wolfe · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book because of the positive reviews I saw on it, but it didn't turn out to be very helpful for my specific situation. However, it was a GREAT read and I highly enjoyed it!

The author really focuses the majority of his time talking about birth order and how it can affect your blended family. Birth order is something that is a fascinating study mostly because the majority of it is just so spot on true. I think it a good thing to at least be aware of because awareness if half the battle. If you have a better understanding of why your spouse, child, step-child behaves a certain way as a result of a certain birth order, you can be better prepared to handle those situations and sidestep some of the blunders and miscommunications that can occur as a result.

In my situation, I am married to a man who has two children and I didn't bring any children to the relationship, so birth order blending didn't occur in my case. However, for anyone who has remarried and both of the spouses are bringing children into the marriage, this book is a MUST READ. You will glean tons of useful tips and information about how birth order can be affecting living in a more harmonious, productive way as a family.

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