Stepparenting has its challenges. That’s what Jerry and Kate Angelo found out when they married and became a blended family of six.
Jerry and Kate Angelo reflect on the issues that thwarted their first marriages, and remember with gratitude the circumstances that brought them back to God and to each other.
Many couples travel to the “foreign country” of stepfamily living with little or no preparation.
Professor and youth minister Kara Powell shares some proven ideas for churches and parents that will help kids develop their own faith.
Youth expert Kara Powell talks about three phrases parents can implement that are especially helpful in building “sticky faith” in their kids.
We’ve all done it: We’ve all unjustly taken our anger against one person out on another. The question is, what do we do about it?
Gil and Brenda Stuart share how they experienced the pains and joys of remarriage.
The terms used to define and describe the blended family experience vary from person to person.
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.
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.
Learn about helping adult stepchildren transition into a stepfamily.
I’m convinced that God uses the stepfamily experience to teach His children about choosing love.
When is it time for stepfamilies and stepparents to graduate to the next stage of life? When is it time for them to stop viewing their relationships as new?
Everyone agreed that stepparents should be acknowledged, but doing so was often awkward for the entire family.
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.
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.
Robbie and Sabrina McDonald join Ron Deal and talk about the good and bad surprises they experienced as they were establishing their blended family.
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.
