FamilyLife Blended® Minute

Connecting to Your Child’s Heart

with Ron Deal | October 16, 2020
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I heard from a dad who had listened to a podcast I was on talking about kids, the challenges of divorce, and blended families and it got him wondering if his daughter could relate. So, he asked her. Sure enough, she did. She didn't really have words for what she was feeling and he helped her put words on her experience when they talked about it. The conversation and her dad's empathy made her feel close to him, not alone. Supported, not isolated. Loved, not forgotten.

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  • I heard from a dad who had listened to a podcast I was on talking about kids, the challenges of divorce, and blended families and it got him wondering if his daughter could relate. So, he asked her. Sure enough, she did. She didn't really have words for what she was feeling and he helped her put words on her experience when they talked about it. The conversation and her dad's empathy made her feel close to him, not alone. Supported, not isolated. Loved, not forgotten.

  • 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.

One of my goals…connecting you to your child’s heart.

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Connecting to Your Child’s Heart

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October 16, 2020
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Ron: One of my goals…connecting you to your child’s heart.

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

Ron: I heard from a dad who had listened to a podcast I was on talking about kids, the challenges of divorce, and blended families and it got him wondering if his daughter could relate. So, he asked her. Sure enough, she did. But there was more.

You see, she didn’t really have words for what she was feeling. He helped her put words on her experience when they talked about it. But there was even more. You see, she had felt disconnected from her father and he didn’t know that. The conversation and her dad’s empathy made her feel close to him, not alone. Supported, not isolated. Loved, not forgotten.  For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.

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