Strengthening Stepfamilies
FamilyLife Blended® provides biblically-based resources that help prevent re-divorce, strengthen stepfamilies, and help break the generational cycle of divorce.
We’ll equip you with practical tools to navigate the unique challenges of a blended family.
Helping you grow a godly home one relationship at a time
Learn how to communicate with grace, resolve conflict with compassion, and create a blended family culture where faith and love can thrive.
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Looking for practical advice and heartfelt encouragement? Dive into our most-read articles below to find biblical wisdom for your blended family’s unique journey.
Recommended Articles
Gayla Grace
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Your stepfamily wilderness season may involve a broken marital vow, a stepchild who doesn’t want to be part of the family, or loneliness. Regardless of your circumstances, you don’t have to stay stuck wandering in the wilderness.
Jessica Patterson
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Advice on seeing both the stepmom’s and biological mom’s perspectives.
Ron Deal
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If they work together, divorced parents can help their children adjust to differences between homes.
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Want to dig deeper? Our videos offer a mix of inspiring stories and practical advice to help you build a stronger, more Christ-centered family.
Recommended Videos
Women & Blended Families: Back to School!
We’re excited to welcome educator Nan Deal to our Women & Blended Families conversation this month for a special back-to-school edition. We’ll talk about how to help our kids and stepkids have a successful school year, how to balance our work/home schedules, and how to manage the school routine when kids live in two homes.
168: Biblical Blueprints for Blended Families
Guidance and hope for blending families can be found in stories from scripture. Ron Deal talks with Laura Petherbridge about her latest book, Stepfamilies of the Bible: Timeless Wisdom for Blended Families. Through true stories of God’s heroes from stepfamilies of biblical times, Petherbridge offers practical tools to build unity, overcome complexity, foster love, and create lasting relationships for today’s blended families.
Is your adult child or stepchild making decisions that are stressing you out? Are you wondering how to navigate changing relationships with your 20-something? Does the empty nest season make you sad? Check out the Women & Blended Families livestream with Jill Savage, an empty-nest veteran and offers wisdom for murky waters, encouragement for hard days, and practical tips to help us thrive with adult kids.
Listen
FamilyLife Blended® Podcast provides timeless wisdom and practical help and hope for blended families and those who love them. Join Ron L. Deal , LMFT, LPC, as he and his guests discuss a wide variety of marriage, family, and relationship topics related to blended families.
Recommended Audio
195: Stepmom Advice: 10 Things I Would Do Over as a Stepmother
Blending a family isn’t a Hallmark montage—it’s messy and complex. Debbie Alsdorf shares lessons from 36 years as a stepmom: mistakes, do-overs, and what truly helped her fractured family become one. Real advice, no fantasy.
FamilyLife Blended Minute
FamilyLife Blended Minute with host Ron Deal is a 60-second radio program that provides timeless wisdom and practical help and hope for blended families and those who love them.
Drop It & Let It Go
Sometimes, the best way to avoid a conflict is to just drop it.
Unity & Good Parenting
His kids have a TV in the bedroom and hers don’t. Now they’re a family…so now what?
Co-Parenting: Spy Kids
Never ask your child to become a spy kid.
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