Shirley Cress Dudley
MA, LPC, NCC, FACMPE, CMPE
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Marriage and Family Expert
Shirley Cress Dudley Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Marriage and Family, blended families, stepfamilies
- Best Sellers
- Blended Family Advice Ebook
- Career Focus
- Author, Speaker, Coach
- Affiliation
- Founder of The Blended and Step Family Resource Center, Fellow in the American College of Medical Practice Executives
Shirley Cress Dudley is a licensed professional counselor and nationally certified counselor with a master's degree in Marriage and Family Counseling and a master's degree in Education.
Shirley is also the founder of The Blended and Step Family Resource Center and author of Blended Family Advice (Xlibris 2009) She has a passion for helping marriages and families become strong and successful.
Free Articles & Book Excerpts
Surviving the First 90 Days in a Blended Family
http://www.blendedfamilyadvice.com/survivingthefirst90daysinablendedfamily
Top Ten Signs of a Successful Blended Family
http://www.blendedfamilyadvice.com/toptensignsofasuccessfulblendedfamily
Blending your Family Through Photography & Scrapbooking
http://www.blendedfamilyadvice.com/blendingyourfamilythroughphotographyandscrapbooking
Preview of The Blended Family Vacation Guide
http://www.blendedfamilyadvice.com/blendedfamilyvacationpreview
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5 Golden Rules for Grandparents in a Blended Family
You and your new spouse have married and blended your two families. Your parents are happy for you but unsure how to treat this new additions to the family. Here's a few golden rules to help them figure out how to respond to your newly blended family: 1- Treat every child the samer Treat your step grandkids as if they were all your biological grandchildren. They are waiting and watching to see if you will be fair to all.
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Signs of a Successful Blended Family
1-You and your spouse have clear house rules that apply to all family members Yes, this means that house rules don’t change when you are tired, or your spouse is out of town. Both biological children and stepchildren all follow the same rules. It really does help when the parents also follow the same rules.
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Even Step parents Need Time for Themselves
When you remarried and became a step parent you probably didn't realize how hard it would be to be a parent to a child that was not your own. It's tough- really tough,and you rarely receive any praise or thanks. You want to keep your spouse happy, their kids happy, your kids happy (if you have some biological kids) and usually anyone else that comes within 3 feet of you happy.
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Some Blended Families Just Don't Get Along
Two adults marry and bring children into the new marriage. Some of these families get along wonderfully, and some families, who have been blended for years never accept each other as family. Here are some reasons a blended family may stay incompatible and not blend. The couple has children over 21: It’s possible that the family doesn’t “blend” because the children have moved out on their own and are starting their own families. That’s O.K., as long as there is respect for the new stepparent, as their parent’s spouse.
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Top Ten Rules for Divorced Parents
1-All contact should be kept to a minimum One phone call a day is excessive, several text messages a day is extremely excessive. If you have a subject related to the kids- speak briefly and clearly about your expectations. Emails are better than phone calls, if your issue is not an emergency. 2- Contact ex only when it related to the kidsr You no longer have a relationship with this person, except that he or she is the other parent of your children. Your only relationship is one of co-parenting.
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Shirley Cress Dudley
- "It's never to late to be what you might have been." George Eliot
- "Love melts situations that seem impossible." - Catherine Ponder
- "Be the change you want to see in the world." -Mahatma Gandhi
- "When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." -Franklin D. Roosevelt
- "If you're going through hell... keep going." -Winston Churchill
- "The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances."- Martha Washington
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Shirley Cress Dudley offers coaching to stepmoms and stepdads who are struggling in their blended families. For more information, go to http://www.blendedfamilyadvice.com/coachingwithshirleycressdudley