Looking Forward The Incomplete Institution The Demography of Remarriage and Stepfamilies Declining Marriage Rates Remarriage Rates Divorce Rates among
the Remarried Increasing Cohabitation Redefining Stepfamilies The New Extended Family Some Definitions Households Remarriage Chains Doing the Work of Kinship Building Stepfamilies The Transitional Period The Stepparent as Polite Outsider Adjustment of the Stepchildren The Stabilization Period Differences between the Role
of Stepmother and Stepfather Racial-Ethnic Differences The Effects of Remarriage
on Children Behavior Problems Age at Leaving Home Divorce and Remarriage: Some Lessons The Primacy of the Private Family New Kinship Ties The Impact on Children Looking Back Thinking about Families Key Terms Families on the Internet Boxed Features families and public policy:
The Rights and Responsibilities of Stepparents families in other cultures:
The Origins of the Wicked Stepmother | 
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