Stepparenting the Grieving Child: Cultivating Past and Present Connections with Children Who Have Lost a Parent

In Diane Ingram Fromme shares the assumptions and presumptions that commonly occur in stepfamilies. Diane faced the challenges any new stepparent to grieving children experiences, including to know how to build relationships, around memorializing the lost parent, and -wanting to be more comfortable in her own home and skin. Diane explains why merely voicing her concerns as a stepmom-though vital-was not enough to move forward with her stepfamily. Instead, she advocates a process to learn and grow with one's grieving family. Diane's straightforward approach will help you: · Gain a more relaxed mindset toward stepparenting through grief · Validate when to let the natural parent take the lead · Consider how to be part of the team who helps one's stepchildren grieve and grow With personal examples, insights from other stepfamilies, and knowledge gained through experience and research, provides information, hope, and inspiration to anyone who supports grieving children.