Dating: Best Practices 4–Lukewarm Kids
When you're dating making sense of the inconsistent behavior of kids can be confusing but think of it from their point of view. They came first. So, they may like the person you're dating, but, in a way they are competing with them for you. Liking a parent's dating partner sometimes creates a loyalty problem for kids. They warm up nicely but then turn cold and vacillate back and forth.You get hopeful about the future and then... Don't panic. Relax and go slow. That helps everybody.
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When you're dating making sense of the inconsistent behavior of kids can be confusing but think of it from their point of view. They came first. So, they may like the person you're dating, but, in a way they are competing with them for you. Liking a parent's dating partner sometimes creates a loyalty problem for kids. They warm up nicely but then turn cold and vacillate back and forth.You get hopeful about the future and then... Don't panic. Relax and go slow. That helps everybody.
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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
You know lukewarm doesn’t taste so good.
Ron: You know lukewarm doesn’t taste so good.
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Ron: When you’re dating making sense of the warm-up and cool-down behavior of kids can be confusing sometimes. But think of it from their point of view. They came first. So, they may really like the person you’re dating, but, in a way they are competing with them for you.
You see, liking a parent’s dating partner sometimes creates a loyalty problem for kids. They warm up nicely but then turn cold and vacillate back and forth. Yeah, it’s confusing. You get hopeful about the future and then… Okay, don’t panic. They’re just trying to figure this thing out. Relax and go slow. That helps everybody. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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