Don’t Get Sucked Under
Brenda told me her husband's ex-wife still cared for their 39-year-old alcoholic daughter and expected his help financially. Brenda asked, "When does co-parenting end?" Mentoring never ends, but financing an adult's irresponsibility should have ended long ago. If your husband isn't careful, he'll be pulled under with his drowning daughter and ex-wife and you. A skilled swimmer really can help a drowning person. Just because they are under-functioning in life doesn't mean you should join them.
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Brenda told me her husband's ex-wife still cared for their 39-year-old alcoholic daughter and expected his help financially. Brenda asked, "When does co-parenting end?" Mentoring never ends, but financing an adult's irresponsibility should have ended long ago. If your husband isn't careful, he'll be pulled under with his drowning daughter and ex-wife and you. A skilled swimmer really can help a drowning person. Just because they are under-functioning in life doesn't mean you should join them.
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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
When helping a drowning person be careful not to get pulled under, too.
Ron: When helping a drowning person be careful not to get pulled under, too.
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Ron: Brenda wrote to me saying that her husband’s ex-wife was still taking care of their 39-year-old alcoholic daughter. Plus, the ex-wife repeatedly asks for money and expects Brenda’s husband, to help care for the daughter. Brenda asked, “When does co-parenting end?”
Well, mentoring never ends, but financing an adult’s irresponsibility should have ended a long time ago. If your husband isn’t careful, he’ll get pulled under with his drowning daughter and ex-wife and take you with him. Look, a skilled swimmer—those are the ones who really can help a drowning person. Just because they are under-functioning in life doesn’t mean you should join them. For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.
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