Grace-Filled Stepparenting: Help and Hope for This Unique and Loving Role

Stepparenting Is Hard…but It Can Also Be Richly Rewarding 

Stepparenting can sometimes feel like an overwhelming and thankless challenge. Loving and caring for children who aren’t biologically yours means having to earn trust, establish authority, and often put your own needs aside in favor of your stepchild’s well-being or a birth parent’s wishes.  

But here’s the good news: With some expert guidance and God’s help, you can have tremendous influence in your stepchild’s life and grow in your faith along the way. 

Seasoned stepmom Laurie Polich Short understands and empathizes with the difficult job you face. Drawing on extensive research, biblical teaching, and her own real-life experience (including an insightful chapter cowritten with her stepson, Jordan), Laurie provides practical and spiritual advice to help you fully embrace and succeed in your role as stepparent. 

Whether you are about to become a stepparent or are further along on your journey, this compassionate and insightful resource offers the hope, help, and encouragement you’ve been looking for.

Laurie Polich Short is an author, speaker, preacher, and stepmother. A graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary, Laurie has been featured on PBS and Focus on the Family, and her popular teaching videos on RightNow Media minister to people worldwide. Laurie lives in Southern California with her husband, Jere, and stepson, Jordan. www.laurieshort.com