The Smart Stepfamily Marriage – Keys to Success in the Blended Family

Make This Marriage Last a Lifetime. Leading blended family authority Ron Deal and marriage and family expert David Olson show you how to build on your relationship strengths and improve your weaknesses. Whether you're dating, engaged, a young stepfamily, or an empty-nest couple, The Smart Stepfamily Marriage. gives you the tools you need at any stage to create a remarriage that will last. Each chapter of this book explores one of the key qualities of happy remarriages as identified by research. Like a GPS for your relationship, this book has built-in discussion questions that can help you and your partner discover where you are, where you'd like to be, and how to get there. The online survey gives you a report with personalized results for your relationship. "The Smart Stepfamily Marriage. is the road map to a healthy marriage. "-Gary D. Chapman. , PhD, author, The Five Love Languages. and When Sorry Isn't Enough. "Remarried or marrying again. This book is loaded with specific, useful ideas for helping your marriage reach its full potential. "-Scott Stanley. , PhD, author, A Lasting Promise. ; research professor, University of Denver"This book is a must-read for any remarried couple. It includes the tools needed to create and maintain a wonderful remarriage. "-from the foreword by Evelyn Husband Thompson. , widow of Space Shuttle Columbia. Commander Rick Husband, now remarried to Bill Thompson"The Smart Stepfamily Marriage. is the most up-to-date, relevant, complete guide for remarried couples-I know of no other resource like it. "-Francesca Adler-Baeder. , PhD, professor and director, Center for Children, Youth, and Families, Auburn University; director, National Stepfamily Resource Center"This book will help you thrive in your marriage and beat the odds of divorce. The preventative information is the best I have ever seen, and the practical application covers it all. "-Jim Burns. , PhD, president, HomeWord, author of Creating an Intimate Marriage. , Confident Parenting. ,. and The Purity Code. "Remarriages have unique challenges and different relational needs than first marriages. Based on a national study of 50,000 couples, this book is a wonderful resource for remarriage couples. Take the online Couple Checkup and get a report about your relationship, read the book, and build a relationship that lasts. "-Dr. Gary Smalley. , author of The DNA of Relationships. "You want a marriage that lasts forever, right. Blended family couples can beat the odds-this book will tell you how. "-Dr. Dennis Rainey. , president of FamilyLife, author of Stepping Up.