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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
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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.
Sources: • Deal, R. (n.d.). Marriage, Family, & Stepfamily Statistics | Smart Stepfamilies. Smart Stepfamilies. Retrieved January 17, 2013, from http://www.smartstepfamilies.com/view/statistics • 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 certification seminars. Retrieved January 17, 2013, from http://www.stepfamily.org/ • Stepfamily Statistics. (n.d.). The Stepfamily Foundation Inc. - We provide stepfamily counseling and certification seminars. Retrieved January 17, 2013, from http://www.stepfamily.org/statistics.html