Author(s): Flora McEvedy

Family

In a society where one in three marriages now ends in divorce, the traditional model of the nuclear family unit is losing relevance. A startling one in every six children is a stepchild. Yet this phenomenon is hopelessly uncharted territory, where the image of the wicked stepmother still presides. Flora McEvedy could find nothing to help her when she became a stepmother at the age of twenty-eight and the unique passion and energy of this book stems from her experiences. Neatly organised, easy to use, practical and positive, this is an inspirational book that gives the reader sound advice and practical help from someone who has experienced the difficulties of step-parenting herself. The Step-parents' Parachute sets out sound principles that offer a path through a subject riven with negative assumptions and enable the transformation of the stepfamily into a happy, rewarding and stable unit.