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Rebuilt Families
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Rebuilt Families
Step-Mom Step-Dad Step-Children Step-Grandparents Step-Siblings
Who knows someone affected by these issues?
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Alternative Rebuilt Families or the New Rebuilt Families Homosexual Step-Dad Homosexual Step-Mom Polygamy Gender Reassignment Cohabitation/ Step Dating Partners Children/Adult Relations (NAMBLA)
Other new families? Why knows someone affected by these
issues?
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Christian vs. Post-Christian Worldview How do we view these rebuilt families as
Christians? How does the post-Christian world view
rebuilt families?
Do we affect the progression and how?
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Rebuilt Realities in the U.S. (Step Mom & Step Dad) Nearly everyone in the US gets married (a) US has highest remarriage rate in the world. ½
of all marriages! (b) The majority of divorced men or women
remarry other divorced people (c) Redivorce is more likely after rebuilt family (d) 1/3 of rebuilt marriages last (e)
How will this effect Marriage Education in our field? How do we adapt?
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Step-Children 1/3 of children will live in a rebuilt home (a) Rebuilt homes provide less support for kids
(b) Myth- “What is best for us is best for the
children.” This creates stress on children (c) Children fare more poorly in rebuilt
families(d)
How do we aid these children?
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Step-Grandparents Rebuilt Grandparents have ambivalent
feelings regarding rebuilt members (a) The Blood that binds is absent (b)
What has been your experience?
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Rebuild and Reeducated What can we do?
Be a futurist- see future problems before they come. Look ahead for the new rebuilt families
Make it a full church priority (sermons, support groups, etc.)
Provide non-confrontational opportunities- online- videos, text, private group discussions.
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Sources: Deal, R. (n.d.). Marriage, Family, & Stepfamily Statistics | Smart
Stepfamilies. Smart Stepfamilies. Retrieved January 17, 2013, from http://www.smartstepfamilies.com/view/statistics
Engel, M., MBA., & PhD. (n.d.). National Stepfamily Resource Center | Key Advocacy Issues. National Stepfamily Resource Center .
Retrieved January 17, 2013, from http://www.stepfamilies.info/ Ganong, Lawrence H., and Marilyn Coleman. Stepfamily relationships:
development, dynamics, and interventions. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2004. Print.
Lofas, J., Ph.D.., & LCSW. (n.d.). The Stepfamily Foundation Inc. - We provide stepfamily counseling and certification seminars. The Stepfamily Foundation Inc. - We provide stepfamily counseling and
certification seminars. Retrieved January 17, 2013, from http://www.stepfamily.org/
Stepfamily Statistics. (n.d.). The Stepfamily Foundation Inc. - We provide stepfamily counseling and certification seminars. Retrieved
January 17, 2013, from http://www.stepfamily.org/statistics.html