{"id":283796,"date":"2024-07-18T15:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T19:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/?page_id=283796"},"modified":"2025-05-13T13:53:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T17:53:50","slug":"preparing-to-blend","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/preparing-to-blend\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing to Blend | FamilyLife\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Engaged Couples Guide to Becoming a Smart Stepfamily<\/h2><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The research is clear: premarital education works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can improve the quality of your relationship and lower your odds of divorce just by spending some focused time and energy preparing for marriage and life as a blended family after the wedding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book Preparing to Blend: The Couples Guide to Becoming a Smart Stepfamily<\/em> gives engaged couples the guidance they need and includes practical Growing Activities to prepare children and adults for stepfamily living. Simultaneously, the book  gives pastors\/premarital counselors a premarital preparation program they can immediately begin using with couples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get your copy today<\/a> and click on the tabs below for free bonus resources for couples, and a FREE Leader\u2019s Guide for pastors and premarital counselors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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