This book features: expert advice from psychologists, clergy, and family counsellors that supplements author's own experience as mother/stepmother of six; checklists and tips, plus "Helpful Guidelines" at the end of each chapter; and vivid and detailed case histories. Second marriages with children are twice as likely to end in divorce as those without. As a step-parent with six children in a blended family, Barbara LeBey herself faced many of the pitfalls that contribute to this statistic. Now, drawing on her own family's hard-won success, plus the expertise of counsellors, psychologists and clergy, she provides realistic and outspoken guidance on both the big issues and the day-to-day stumbling blocks that face blended families.