Try being gentle in your assertiveness.
Michele Cushatt has experienced divorce, blended family life, adoption, and is a three time cancer survivor. In this episode Michele and Ron discuss the unexpected journey of her life and the hard work of parenting hurting kids.
"Ron, what kind of issues come with growing up in a stepfamily?"
And now, three ways to undermine a stepparent.
What would you do if the night before your wedding one of your children comes to you and says, "Please don't get married tomorrow?" On this episode, Mike and Kim Anderson discuss how they handled that as well as how they dealt with losing their daughter to her biological father's control.
If nothing else, act like you know what you're doing.
How do you give grace to a teenager? To a stepteenager, at that? And, how do you give each other grace as parents, when it comes to how they react to your teenager? Ron discusses these questions and more with Randy and Gayla Grace.
"Mom, you always let me go before. You're just saying, 'No' now because he wants you to."
For some couples, no matter how much they try, the venom and vitriol of a former spouse drowns out all reason and compromise. Rodney and Lisa Webb, and counselor and therapist Helen Wheeler share their difficult journey.
Ron, what do we do? My kids are confusing my husband.
Growing up, Dave Bondeson's father told him, "Remember, you're a Bondeson and a Christian." Dave finds it challenging to translate that into a blended family with a stepdaughter whose last name is not Bondeson.
Hey kids, isn't it annoying when parents change the rules!
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.
Ron Deal joins Robbie and Sabrina McDonald to talk about their blended family three years after saying "I Do."