Making Stepfamilies Work

Couples with children from previous relationships may need strategies. Strategies on communication, agreement on discipline—who spells out the rules and what the rules are—and on handling competing demands. It is just as important for couples to ensure that in a busy week there is time just for each other.

This six-week course covers:
- Stepfamily structure and complexity
- The normal stepfamily stages of development
- Basic communication skills for clear speaking, listening and negotiating
- Common emotional experiences and difficulties for children in stepfamilies
- How to nourish the couple bond and work together in different roles to parent as a team
- Passing on values in today’s technological world
- The building of new stepfamily traditions

To register for this six-week course, please call (08) 6164 0239 to complete an enrolment form.