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Tricia. H. Powe, Mediator - Strategist
President of StepfamilySystems.com
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It is estimated that one out of every
10 children will experience two divorces of the custodial parent before he or she turns 16 (Furstenberg, 1988)
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StepfamilySystems.com
believes a failed divorce contributes to the realization of an UNblended Stepfamily:
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This occurs when goals associated with getting divorced are not realized, leaving parties of the dissolved marriage less likely to co-parent smoothly. The
emotional divorce is incomplete or fails to meet expectations, leaving unsettling thoughts to persistently challenge peace of mind. Stress and conflict continue and may face increased intensity through
resentment of shared-parenting influences and reduced control of the children's upbringing as well as a fear of loss of importance in the children's lives, which can disrupt the post-divorce adjustment, distract
and weaken focus and academic performance
of children and
youth. We believe this definition is a root cause of parental alienation behaviors which often fuel high-conflict
co-parenting, and falsely alleged from time to time in litigation.
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Welcome!
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Mediator (Mosten 1998), service-based
Philanthropist (Center for Philanthropy, La Sierra University, 2009) and Creative Director of A Richter Blend, Stepfamily
Chronicles and StepfamilySystems Parental Alienation Short Stories, Powe is a lifetime stepfamily member.
She has been married in-step 27 years. She and her husband have five, now-grown children - combined, of course!
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Research and experience based, Powe is the
creator of ACES: Shared Parenting and Stepfamily Focal Points. It serves as the foundation for Shared Parenting
and Stepfamily Assimilation Management Planning, aka: SAM Planning -tm offered exclusively on the StepfamilySystems.com subsite,
Blended Family Home Living. She has been recognized as a leader and cultivator of services in her chosen field of support
to shared parenting and stepfamily households in two Professional Who's Who publications in 1994 and 2006.
Follow her Tweets at Twitter.com/StepfamilyTalk.
