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Encourage Connection to the Other Parent

with Ron Deal | March 21, 2023
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Sometimes co-parents are tempted to dampen a child's relationship with the other parent. Listen, it is every parent's responsibility to encourage their child to keep in contact. Not just visit, but have a strong relationship. Alienators will take advantage and say, “They don't want to go to their mom's house, so I don't make them.” No. That's not right. We don't let a child's hesitation keep them from things. So, unless there is abuse, encourage the relationship and celebrate the other parent.

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  • Sometimes co-parents are tempted to dampen a child's relationship with the other parent. Listen, it is every parent's responsibility to encourage their child to keep in contact. Not just visit, but have a strong relationship. Alienators will take advantage and say, “They don't want to go to their mom's house, so I don't make them.” No. That's not right. We don't let a child's hesitation keep them from things. So, unless there is abuse, encourage the relationship and celebrate the other parent.

  • 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.

Don’t fracture a child’s heart. Put it together and let love flow freely.

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Encourage Connection to the Other Parent

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March 21, 2023
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Ron: Don’t fracture a child’s heart. Put it together and let love flow freely.

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

Ron: Sometimes co-parents are tempted to dampen a child’s relationship with the other parent. But listen, it is every parent’s responsibility to encourage their child—of every age—to keep in contact with the other home. Not just visit, but have a strong relationship—even if the child hesitates some. Alienators will take advantage of this and say, “Well, they just don’t want to go to their mom’s house, so I don’t make them.”

No. That’s not right. We don’t let a child’s hesitation keep them from a lot of things. So, unless there is abuse, encourage their relationship and celebrate the other parent. For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.

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