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Age Matters: Stepchild Bonding

with Ron Deal | January 25, 2024
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When it comes to bonding with a stepchild their age matters.

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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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    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 ...more

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Age Matters: Stepchild Bonding

With Ron Deal
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January 25, 2024
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Ron: When it comes to bonding with a stepchild their age matters.

Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.

Ron: The seasons of a child’s life can naturally help or hinder their openness to a stepparent and stepsiblings. Children under the age of five for example, tend to be very welcoming of new family members whereas children between the ages of 10-15 have the most difficult time bonding with stepparents. And then there is the adult stepchild. We all know they are not looking for another parent figure in their life, but they are trying to figure out your place in the family.

So here is the point. If you are a stepparent find a relationship that works for both you and the child. Today that is. And trust that the door will open to something more tomorrow. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.

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