Blended families, along with every other segment of the country, will likely feel the negative impact of the meltdown on Wall Street. No one is exempt from the fallout that has caused the federal government to step in with a multi-billion-dollar bailout to stabilize financial markets and avert a complete collapse.While banks and other financial establishments will avoid complete devastation with the bailout plan, the same is not true for many average families experiencing the personal pain of financial injury and powerlessness, that troubled feeling of loss of control over a situation you did not make andyou are unable to correct. The result of the crisis for most families is generalized stress as people are threatened with foreclosure, ballooning mortgages, loss of employment, increasing fuel prices, home heating oil, food costs, as well as monthly bills and credit card debt. Blended families faceincreased anxiety as they finance dual households and child support. Action, adventure, advice, alcohol, anxiety, arguments, attacks, avoid, coping, crisis, families, Financial, strategies