• Will the children of prior marriages be able to live happily under one roof?
• Are there ways to avoid jealousies among stepfamilies?
• Will your ex-spouse's involvement with your children cause friction in your new marriage?
• Can a stepparent discipline children without causing resentment?
• What happens if you or your spouse just don't like the stepchildren — or the role of stepparent?
• Will financial obligations to another family cheat your family?
• Where do you turn for help in settling conflicts?

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"Paris writes like a woman who has been through it, without a trace of jargon. This is the real world of reconstituted families... easily one of the best guides of its kind."

— Michele Landsberg, The Globe and Mail, Toronto

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Editions

CANADA: Avon Books of Canada, 1984, ISBN 0-380-86405-3

UNITED STATES: Avon Books, New York, 1985

QUEBEC: Les Enfants de l'Autre, Les Editions de l'Homme, Montreal, 1985,
IBSN 2-7619-0553-9

FRANCE: Les Editions de l'Homme, Paris, 1986