Good Advice for Coping with a Blended Family

With high rates of divorce and remarriage, more and more children are living in blended families. All families have challenges, but blended families have some unique to parenting non-biological children. The Burbidge’s are well qualified to discuss blended families having parented their ten children for fourteen years.

The book is written in a readable style with excellent principles, illustrations from their family and humorous incidents. It was a fun book to read. I felt like I got to know the Burbridge’s delightful family.

Having a blended family myself, I found their principles excellent. The one I found most important is commitment. When opting to start a blended family you must be serious about sticking with it. Children need stability. They shouldn’t have to wonder whether this family will last or break up like the last one.

Another critical underlying principle is basing your family on kindness. People need not agree with each other all the time, but everyone, particularly the parents, must be open to listening to another’s point of view. It takes patience and self-control, but the results are worth it.

I encourage anyone embarking on the adventure of a blended family to read this book. It’s also a good book for teachers to help them understand blended families. In fact, the principles are so important it is a book any family can profit from reading.

I received this book from PR by the Book for this review.