12 Co-parent Projects for Building a High-nurturance Family

Links to the Worksheets,
Quizzes, and Checklists in
each Family Project

By Peter K. Gerlach, MSW

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        The worksheets under the starred headers apply to any family, not just stepfamilies

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Worksheet / Checklist  Title

  PROJECT 1 - Assess and Reduce False-self Wounds

basics/health.htm  (2 pages)

30 traits of a high-nurturance family

01/co-dep.htm  (2 pages)

Checklist: Am I or my partner a "co-dependent" (relationship addict)?

01/hi-n-org.htm

Premises about, and 30 traits of, high-nurturance organizations.

01/w1-gwctraits.htm (2 pages)

1) Behavioral traits of false-self wounds

01/w2-f-traits.htm (2 pages)

2) 29 Traits of High-nurturance families

01/w3-f-tree.htm  (2 pages)

3): Assess your family tree for wounded ancestors

01/w4-grouptraits.htm

4) Typical traits of high and low-nurturance group members.

01/hi-n-org.htm

5) 30 traits of typical high-nurturance organizations

01/false-self.htm  

6) Behavioral traits of living under the control of a "false self"

01/shame.htm  (2 pages)

7) Behavioral symptoms of excessive shame 

basics/fears.htm   (2 pages)

8) Behavioral symptoms of excessive fears (anxieties)

01/distortions.htm

9) Behavioral symptoms of excessive reality distortions

01/dis_trust.htm

10) Behavioral symptoms of excessive trust and distrust

01/bonding.htm  (2 pages)

11) Behavioral traits of being unable to bond and exchange love

01/co-dep.htm  (2 pages)

12) Behavioral traits of co-dependence (relationship addiction)

01/dx-results.htm

Understanding your results from assessing for false-self wounds

  PROJECT 2 - Effective Communication Basics and Skills

02/evc-quiz.htm

A quiz on effective-communication basics

02/assert-profile.htm

A profile of your personal assertion style

02/evc-blox.htm (2 pages)

30 communication blocks, and options for resolving them

02/evc-checklist.htm

41 factors for improving family problem-solving.

02/evc-phrases.htm

Sample questions and phrases that promote effective communications.

02/evc-strengths.htm

A personal communication-strengths inventory

02/evc-tips.htm

22 tips for *effective* inner and social communication.

02/fuzzy1-wks.htm (2 pages)

Worksheet and article: are you a "fuzzy thinker"?

02/I-msg-wks.htm

A worksheet for devising effective "I"-message assertions

02/listen-inventory.htm

Evaluate how effective a listener you are (or someone else is)

02/meta-wks.htm

"Metatalk" communication-skill guidelines and examples

02/ps-inventory.htm

Worksheet - constructive and destructive problem-solving traits

PROJECT 3 - Accept Your Stepfamily Identity and What it Means

03/identity-wks.htm

Discover who accepts your identity as a stepfamily.

PROJECT 4 - Agree on Who Belongs to Your Stepfamily, and Form Realistic Expectations

04/myths.htm

60 common stepfamily myths and realities

04/60-expect1.htm  (2 pages)

60 common stepfamily expectations

  PROJECT 5 - Evolve a Healthy Family Grieving Policy, and Free any Blocked Grief

basics/quiz_grief.htm

A quiz on "good-grief" basics

05/abstract-loss-wks

Intangible losses from divorce, remarriage, and/or cohabiting.

05/physical-loss-wks.htm

tangible losses from divorce, remarriage, and/or cohabiting

05/griefval.htm

A grief values-clarification worksheet.

PROJECT 7 - Make Three Wise Courtship Decisions

07/quiz.htm

How much do you know about personalities and relationships?

07/courtship-qs.htm

A courtship (pre-remarriage) questionnaire

07/danger1.htm  (2 pages)

16 common pre-re/marriage danger signs

07/divorce_rcvry_wks.htm

Checklist: symptoms of an "unfinished" divorce

07/rt-co-p.htm

Am I committing to the right co-parents?

07/rt-partner.htm

Am I re/marrying the right partner?

07/rt-reasons.htm

Are we re/marrying for the right reasons?

07/rt-stepkid.htm  (2 pages)

Am I committing to the right stepkids?

07/rt-time.htm    (p. 1 of 4)

Is it the right time to remarry? Individual co-parent factors.

07/rt-time2.htm  (p. 2 of 4)

Are all our stepfamily co-parents ready for a re/marriage?

07/rt-time3.htm  (p. 3 of 4)

Courting-couple factors, and all co-parents together.

07/rt-time4.htm  (p. 4 of 4)

Is each stepchild ready for parental re/marriage?

07/strnx1-individual.htm (p. 2 of 11)

Inventory: our stepfamily co-parents' strengths as persons.

07/strnx2-cpls.htm  (p. 3 of 11)

Inventory: our co-parents' strengths as couples

07/strnx3-co-p.htm  (pp. 4-5 of 11)

Inventory: our co-parents' general strengths as nurturers

07/strnx5-sf-co-p.htm (pp. 6-7 of 11)

Inventory: our co-parents' strengths as stepchild nurturers

07/strnx7-fam.htm   (p. 8 of 11)

Inventory: the strengths in and between our co-parenting homes

07/strnx8-all.htm  (pages 9-10 of 11)

Inventory: our extended-stepfamily's general human strengths.

07/strnx9-all+score.htm  (p. 11 of 11)

Inventory: our extended-stepfamily strengths (concluded); and "scoring" this 11-page strengths inventory.

  PROJECT 8 - Co-create a High-nurturance (Re)Marriage, and Keep it Second

08/mrrg-values-wks.htm

Worksheet - special-relationship traits.

08/priority.htm

Worksheet - identify someone's recent life priorities.

08/strnx-strssrs.htm  (2 pages)

Inventory - our relationship's strengths and stressors

08/redivorce1.htm  (4 pages)

29 alternatives to re/divorce

PROJECT 9 - Merge and Stabilize Your Biofamilies, and Solve Many Conflicts

09/change.htm

Manage the pace of changes as you merge your families

09/lc-wksht.htm

A family loyalty-conflict assessment worksheet.

09/merge.htm

16 "things" typical new steppeople must combine and stabilize.

  PROJECT 10 - Evolve a High-nurturance Co-parenting Team Together

basics/attitudes.htm

An "attitude inventory" for co-parents.

10/conception.htm

A worksheet to help make wise conception or adoption decisions

10/co-p-affirmations.htm

Examples of believable self-affirmations for co-parents

10/co-p-goals.htm

A checklist of basic parenting goals, and a definition of "effective" stepfamily co-parent.

10/co-pinv1.htm   (4 pages)

Worksheet for clarifying stepfamily co-parents' responsibilities

10/co-p-traits.htm

Personality traits of effective parents - do they describe you ?

10/co-p-val.htm

Worksheet: our current co-parenting values.

10/discipline-values.htm

Worksheet: Discover your co-parents' child-discipline values

10/kid-needs.htm  (2 pages)

Typical stepkids' 60 concurrent developmental, healing, and adjustment needs

  PROJECT 11 - Evolve an Effective Support Network - and Use It!

11/sg-plan1.htm 

Co-parent support-group goal-setting, guidelines, and topics

11/support-wks1.htm  (2 pages)

Worksheet: Where I stand with 59 inner-personal supports.

  PROJECT 12 - Pace Yourselves, stay Balanced, and Enjoy Nurturing Your Family!

12/blnc1-me-you.htm

 A personal-balance checklist for committed partners

12/blnc3-home.htm

Checklist: How well-balanced is our home (nuclear family)?

12/blnc4-sf.htm

Checklist: How well-balanced is our multi-home nuclear stepfamily?

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Updated July 12, 2008