What if stepfamilies are not in the best interest of your child? What if you as a stepparent are the real problem? Studies show that children brought up in stepfamilies are more prone to delinquent behavior than children raised by their biological parents, a fact that is overlooked and deserves more attention to reverse this trend that contributes to unsafe communities. Yet, data also show that one of three Americans is now a stepparent, a stepchild, a stepsibling, or some other member of a stepfamily. In The Art of Stepparenting-How to Blend Families Without Tearing Them Apart, Author Richard R. Ramos provides insight and wisdom for navigating the many challenges and pitfalls stepparents face with the blending of children from different biological parents into a new family unit. He offers valuable principles on parental personal growth in emotional maturity that is the key to improving your capacity to connect with your stepchildren. He will show you how to reconcile strained and/or broken stepparent-child relationships, share how to win loyalty and earn respect for your authority as a single parent or stepparent, and provide wisdom from the lessons learned by other single parents and stepparents.The Art of Stepparenting-How to Blend Families Without Tearing Them Apart will empower the single parent, stepparent, and foster parent to create a blended family experience that provides you with the richness of restoration, reconciliation, and harmony all families deserve to enjoy. Richard Ramos is recognized as a national and international expert on preventing youth violence. He is the founder of Parents on a Mission (POM), a parent leadership program developing parent mentors to teach parents how to build healthy relationships with their children. POM has been adopted by school districts, nonprofits, and correctional facilities throughout the United States and Latin America.