Becoming an Adult Stepchild: Adjusting to a Parent's New Marriage

by Pearl Ketover Prilik

For many adult stepchildren, the marriage of a parent is a complicated situation fraught with emotional difficulties as the existing family structure is reshaped through the introduction of new members and the realignment of familial roles and relationships. A parent's marriage and the upheaval it generates can also mobilize long-buried feelings within adult stepchildren, including anger, betrayal, resentment, and a sense of deprivation. Until now,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880488700
• ISBN13: 9780880488709
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher