Seven Keys to a Healthy Blended Family brings you practical advice and encouragement with insights from parents and children in blended families for building a positive, uplifting family life. Pivotal insight and solutions include equal and fair treatment of all the children; dealing with former spouses and their families; integrating members of extended families; financial considerations; scheduling problems. You will learn how to handle the emotional reactions to your children’s unwanted behavior, how to handle your partner’s “ex,” how to communicate effectively to provide an atmosphere of love and support in which you and your partner can become more unified in raising your children so your family can thrive.