The Web address of this article is
http://sfhelp.org/11/links11.htm
Why This Project?
Compared to average intact biofamilies, typical U.S. stepfamilies have more
more adjustment
tasks, more
and norms to clarify and stabilize,
more concurrent problems, and less
informed guidance from society and the
media on how to manage all of these successfully. In my experience,
typical divorced-family and stepfamily co-parents are also more likely to be
psychologically
- which deserves extra support by itself.
These factors combine to produce a significantly higher level of confusion and
conflict ("stress") in and
between
typical step-homes than in bio-homes. That
implies that average adults and kids
in
stepfamilies have a
high need for support - specially in
the early years after re/wedding(s).
For perspective, note that some
sociologists estimate that typical U.S. stepfamilies suffer
higher rates of
psychological and legal
than first-marriage families.
This page provides links
to the Web articles for co-parent
The
key articles are included in the guidebook
for co-parent
Build a High-nurturance Stepfamily. porters.
Page # and title:
Review -
how to pick self-help resources that work (different Web
site)
11-01)
Project 11
overview
11-02)
What Is
"co-parent support?" Why
do most co-parents avoid
it?
11-03)
Innerpersonal,
intra-family, social, and professional supports
11-04)
Media and
organizational supports, and special support needs
11-05)
Worksheet:
Where I stand with 59 innerpersonal supports
11-06)
Worksheet: A profile
of our current stepfamily support network
11-07)
How to pick an
effective stepfamily counselor
11-08) How to
select useful
books
about stepfamilies
11-09) How to avoid impractical or
harmful stepfamily advice
11-10)
Selected stepfamily resources - books, games,
periodicals, and Web sites > page 2
11-11)
Selected books on stepfamilies, recovery,
communications, and healthy grieving
11-12) Selected books on
personality subselves and recovery for professionals
11-13)
A
link-index to all the worksheets, quizzes,
and checklists in this nonprofit divorce-prevention Web site.
Review: Questions
and answers about stepfamily counseling
Review: NY Times reprint
by Dr. Richard A. Friedman - "Like Drugs,
Talk Therapy can Change Brain
Chemistry."
Co-parent
Support Group
Articles
11-13)
Six human
needs
that effective support groups fill
11-14)
Four
kinds of participants; four kinds of initial meeting
11-15)
Co-parent support
group - organization goals, guidelines, and
topics
11-16)
Group
goals, members, image, recruiting, and size
11-17)
Group
meeting formats, sites, frequency, funding, and sponsors
11-18) Group name, resource
library, newsletter, and backup professionals
11-19) Tips
on group process, and effective group leadership
11-20)
Staying focused on
goals; screening members; topic options
11-21)
Group problem-solving;
making a phone tree; and group resources
11-22
A menu of support-group discussion topics
Note - these support-group
articles are also available as a booklet, via free download.
See also these
questions co-parents should ask (and answers)
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December 24, 2008
