Be Jesus: A Difficult Ex-Spouse 3
If you're co-parenting a child with someone who lives in a different home it's critical that you speak respectfully about that parent in front of your kids. Open anger, bitterness, and critical remarks just put the kids in the middle. What do you do, though, with all the frustrating feelings you've got cooped up inside? Well, vent in private. Find a trusted friend, support group, or a counselor to process it with you. Here's the bottom line: Find a good outlet, but never in front of the kids.
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About the Guest
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If you're co-parenting a child with someone who lives in a different home it's critical that you speak respectfully about that parent in front of your kids. Open anger, bitterness, and critical remarks just put the kids in the middle. What do you do, though, with all the frustrating feelings you've got cooped up inside? Well, vent in private. Find a trusted friend, support group, or a counselor to process it with you. Here's the bottom line: Find a good outlet, but never in front of the kids.
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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
Sometimes, you just gotta’ scream!
Ron: Sometimes, you just gotta’ scream!
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: If you’re co-parenting a child with someone who lives in a different home you may have heard me talk about how critical it is to speak respectfully about that parent in front of your kids. Open anger, bitterness, and critical remarks just put the kids in the middle and hurts them—that’s their parent you are talking about.
What do you do, though, with all the frustrating feelings you’ve got cooped up inside? Well, vent in private. Find a trusted friend, support group, or a counselor to process it with you. You can talk to your spouse sometimes, but that just lays the frustration on them, and what do they do with it? Here’s the bottom line: Find a good outlet, but never in front of the kids. For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.
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