Developing a Relationship with Stepchildren - FamilyLife

Step-Grandparenting

July 30, 2018

Ron Deal

Ron Deal, director of FamilyLife Blended, talks about the vital role step-grandparents provide as they help create connection in their families.

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Step-Grandparenting

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Blended Family Adjustments

June 29, 2018

Robbie and Sabrina McDonald & Ron Deal

Robbie and Sabrina McDonald, both widowed before they met and now married to each other for three years, talk about the challenges of blending a family.

FamilyLife Today

Blended Family Adjustments

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Learning to Love in a Stepfamily

June 28, 2018

Robbie and Sabrina McDonald & Ron Deal

Ron Deal joins Robbie and Sabrina McDonald to talk about their blended family three years after saying "I Do."

FamilyLife Today

Learning to Love in a Stepfamily

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Grafting: A Painful but Beautiful Process for Blended Families

Ron Deal

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Your blended family may have another river to cross and a few more battles to face, but don’t give up—significant rewards lie ahead.

Do You Feel Like an Outsider With Your Stepchildren?

Ron L Deal and Laura Petherbridge

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Practical suggestions for stepmoms.

FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Practical Advice for Stepdads

July 14, 2017

Ron Deal

Ron Deal answers some of your most perplexing questions about being a stepfather.

FamilyLife Today

Practical Advice for Stepdads

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

The Role of a Stepdad

July 13, 2017

Ron Deal

Ron Deal gives insight into the stepdad's role in the family. Hear him tell stepdads positive ways to impact their new families and how to avoid causing division.

FamilyLife Today

The Role of a Stepdad

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Are You Ready to Remarry?

July 12, 2017

Ron Deal

Ron Deal, director of FamilyLife Blended, talks to men about the realities of being a stepdad and encourages men to step out in faith, relying on God's wisdom, if they're ready to take the risk.

FamilyLife Today

Are You Ready to Remarry?

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Blending Hearts and Homes

March 11, 2016

Gil and Brenda Stuart

Gil and Brenda Stuart share how they experienced the pains and joys of remarriage.

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Blending Hearts and Homes

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Relational Tension Increases at Christmas

December 15, 2015

Bob and Vicki Maday & Ron Deal

Blending family Christmas traditions is very challenging. Bob and Vicki Maday's respective daughters describe the uncomfortable but inevitable tension that exists in a new blended family's Christmas traditions.

FamilyLife Today

Relational Tension Increases at Christmas

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Blending Your Family Traditions

December 14, 2015

Bob and Vicki Maday & Ron Deal

Bob and Vicki Maday each had adult children when they got married. Bob and Vicki's adult daughters share the complicated emotions they had to wade through when their parents married and created a new blended family.

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Blending Your Family Traditions

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Second-Half Stepfamilies

Ron Deal

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Helping adult stepchildren transition into a stepfamily

FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Growing Up as a Stepchild

June 2, 2015

Jenifer Thigpen & Josh Gangl and Emily Gangl & Ron Deal

Are you wondering what is going on in your stepchild's mind? Some stepchildren are here to tell you about their blended experience. Josh and Emily Gangl and Jenifer Thigpen tell their stories.

FamilyLife Today

Growing Up as a Stepchild

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Stepmoms and Stepdads

June 1, 2015

Gordon Taylor & Laura Petherbridge

Feeling like stepparenting is just not your thing? Laura Petherbridge, and Gordon Taylor are here to offer hope. Laura and Gordon tell their stories and offer advice for blended families.

FamilyLife Today

Stepmoms and Stepdads

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Life in a Blended Family

May 15, 2015

Robbie and Sabrina McDonald & Ron Deal

Robbie and Sabrina McDonald join Ron Deal and talk about the good and bad surprises they experienced as they were establishing their blended family.

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Life in a Blended Family

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Blending a Family

May 14, 2015

Robbie and Sabrina McDonald & Ron Deal

Sabrina and Robbie McDonald married quickly but didn't take into account the grief her young son was still experiencing since his father's death. Ron Deal explains how children grieve.

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Blending a Family

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Considering Remarriage

May 13, 2015

Robbie and Sabrina McDonald & Ron Deal

It was difficult for Sabrina to keep the promise to her late husband, to remarry after his death. But today she is Sabrina McDonald. Her new husband, Robbie, joins her to tell their story.

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Considering Remarriage

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Wise Advice for Stepmoms

September 17, 2014

Gayla Grace & Heather Hetchler & Laura Petherbridge

Being a stepmom is hard. Stepmoms Laura Petherbridge, Gayle Grace and Heather Hetchler offer their very best advice for becoming the best stepmom you can be.

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Wise Advice for Stepmoms

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