Understanding both the parents’ and the children’s perceptions of the new situations in which they find themselves and their possible reactions to their new living environment is the essence of the book.

Flicky Gildenhuys equips the reader to anticipate what may or may not happen, and provides parents with tried-and-tested, down-to-earth psychological tools and experience gained from decades of family counselling in order to manage whatever issues may arise to achieve true and lasting happiness as a new family.

About the author

Cape Town-based Flicky Gildenhuys is a well-known educator in the field of parenting. Her enduring passion for helping families spans three decades and has produced innovative parenting programmes and many successful family interventions. This book is an expression of years of working with families, combined with her own personal experience of bringing up her six children in a blended family. Flicky is a University of Cape Town psychology graduate with further studies in Clinical Social Work and counselling. When she is not at work she is likely to be found walking with her dogs on the beach or hiking in the mountains with her husband.