Playing Favorites
Now here's one trap you don't want your family to fall into: playing favorites.
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About the Host
About the Guest
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Now here's one trap you don't want your family to fall into: playing favorites.
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.
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Now here’s one trap you don’t want your family to fall into: playing favorites.
Ron: Now here’s one trap you don’t want your family to fall into: playing favorites.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Whether it’s the workplace, politics, or game shows we expect things to be fair. A lot of Old Testament families struggled with this. Like Rebekah, in Genesis 27, who favored her younger son, Jacob, over his older brother, Esau. Boy did that divide the family.
On occasion, biological parents in blended families might find themselves tempted to favor their child over their stepchild. Usually it’s a subtle difference but it still elevates the status of one child over another and more importantly, it makes the statement, “You’re mine and you’re not.” Hey, want my advice? Make a better statement. We’re all in this thing together. Treat everyone the same. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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