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Dating: Myth #3–Marriage Repairs Your Home

with Ron Deal | December 14, 2022
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A new marriage does not restore the original family, it forms a different family. It doesn't give back to your kids a missing parent; it gives them a stepparent and a parenting team that is very different than the biological family system they were born into. Don't get me wrong, a stepfamily may work well for your kids but don't decide to marry based on a myth. Blended families are not repaired first families; they are different families with their own dynamics, challenges, and rewards.

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  • A new marriage does not restore the original family, it forms a different family. It doesn't give back to your kids a missing parent; it gives them a stepparent and a parenting team that is very different than the biological family system they were born into. Don't get me wrong, a stepfamily may work well for your kids but don't decide to marry based on a myth. Blended families are not repaired first families; they are different families with their own dynamics, challenges, and rewards.

  • 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.

If you’re a single parent or dating one, here’s a dating myth to avoid.

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Dating: Myth #3–Marriage Repairs Your Home

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December 14, 2022
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Ron: If you’re a single parent or dating one, here’s a dating myth to avoid.

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

Ron: When death or divorce dissolves your home, you’d like to bring back what was lost. Of course, you want to restore your family but here’s the deal. A new marriage does not restore the original family, it forms a different family.

For example, it doesn’t give back to your kids a missing parent; it gives them a “stepparent” and a parenting team that is very different than the biological family system they were born into. Don’t get me wrong, a stepfamily may work well for your kids but don’t decide to marry based on a myth. Blended families are not “repaired” first families; they are different families with their own dynamics, challenges, and rewards. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.

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