Every Step Counts

CHRISTINE TUFNELL works for Care for the Family as their Life in a Stepfamily project manager, and is a regular speaker at Spring Harvest. She and her husband Tony are both step-parents and have 6 children between them. They are also qualified counsellors.

Contents
Introduction 7
Foundation steps 11
1. Complex steps 12
2. Steps back 18
3. Realistic steps 28
Tandem steps 37
4. The step-couple 38
5. Practical steps 49
Family steps – parenting 57
6. Being Stepmum or Stepdad 58
7. Parenting steps 72
8. Steps in the step-parent/step-child relationship 85
Family steps – children 91
9. Children’s steps 92
10. Baby steps 105
11. Adult steps 111
Stepping together 115
12. The ‘outside’ step 116
13. Step into the future 127
Appendix 1: Meeting the steps 132
Appendix 2: The wedding day 134
Further Resources 139