How To Build A Family

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How To Build A Family is the kind of modern parenting handbook that I wish I had been given when I started out on my journey in a fully blended family. Kate Ferdinand is a much-loved TV personality who is married to professional footballer Rio Ferdinand. She has spoken openly about the challenges she faced becoming a step-parent to Rio's three children, after his first wife, Rebecca Ellison, died of breast cancer in 2015.

Speaking both in interviews and in her podcast, Kate has been very honest about sometimes not feeling like a part of the family in early years, and that it's taken a while for her to feel fully comfortable within the family. Drawing on Kate Ferdinand's experience of becoming a step-mum to three children, and including advice and tips from other blended families (because every family is unique) and parenting experts, you'll learn how to-- Help the kids accept you- Manage moving into the family home- Deal with grief and divorce- Manage comparisons to previous partners- Build positive relationships with the wider family. It’s so important that blended families have more support and guidance, and I’m really proud that this book will be a big help to so many people. Love Island All Stars fans slam Liberty Poole for crying over Mitchel Taylor again despite pair's bitter split: 'They broke up like 10 times!In it you'll find my experiences, as well as those of other blended families (because every family is unique), along with advice and tips from the experts who have guided me. They are welcoming, they do everything that they could possibly do in all honesty but I'm just so emotional about it. Chaos for commuters as drivers' strike cripples rail routes and sparks huge queues on the roads during.

Sharing the devastating news on her Instagram, Kate revealed that it was at their 12 week scan when no heartbeat could be found that they found out the news.

Happy Place Books has snapped up How to Build a Family by Kate Ferdinand, “the nurturing handbook Kate wishes she’d been given when she started out on her journey in a fully blended family,” as well as a picture book exploring similar themes.