Rebuilt Families

Rebuilt Families

Step-Mom Step-Dad Step-Children Step-Grandparents Step-Siblings

Who knows someone affected by these issues?

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?

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?

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?

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?

Step-Grandparents Rebuilt Grandparents have ambivalent

feelings regarding rebuilt members (a) The Blood that binds is absent (b)

What has been your experience?

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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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

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