Boycotting Dinner
When a teenager starts protesting something we as parents should both listen and speak. Listen to what they are angry or hurt about. In this case, the father had recently married and his 17-year-old was taking it pretty hard. But also speak to lead the child with grace. I told the dad, "Tell your daughter she doesn't have to love her stepmother, but if she wants to eat she needs to show up for dinner with a decent attitude. Meet your daughter half-way and insist that she meet you half-way.
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When a teenager starts protesting something we as parents should both listen and speak. Listen to what they are angry or hurt about. In this case, the father had recently married and his 17-year-old was taking it pretty hard. But also speak to lead the child with grace. I told the dad, "Tell your daughter she doesn't have to love her stepmother, but if she wants to eat she needs to show up for dinner with a decent attitude. Meet your daughter half-way and insist that she meet you half-way.
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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
Ron, my teenager is boycotting dinner. Should we make her join us?”
Ron: Ron, my teenager is boycotting dinner. Should we make her join us?
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Okay, when a teenager starts protesting something we as parents should both listen and speak. You want to listen to what they are angry or hurt about. In this case, the father had recently married, and his 17-year-old was taking it pretty hard. But we also want to speak to lead the child with grace.
I told the dad, “Tell your daughter that she doesn’t have to love her stepmother, but she does have to show up for dinner with a decent attitude. That is, if she wants to eat. Then she can escape back to her room. Meet your daughter half-way and insist that she meet you half-way.” For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.
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