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Let Kids Be Kids

with Ron Deal | November 27, 2023
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Parents need to be reminded: Kids don't think like us.

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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

Parents need to be reminded: Kids don’t think like us.

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Let Kids Be Kids

With Ron Deal
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November 27, 2023
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Ron: Parents need to be reminded: Kids don’t think like us.

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

Ron: No, kids don’t always see it the way we do. Like at the end of a hard day, you just want a little peace and quiet, but they want to play and make noise and be with you! Kids don’t always see co-parenting the way you do either. You want a 50/50 visitation time because that’s fair. But kids, they don’t keep track of time. They just want to love and have reliable, predictable contact with both parents.

Or you think your former spouse is a crazy loon. Your kids don’t care. They love them and they don’t want to show preference for one of you over the other. So, take their perspective into consideration. Be a parent and think like a parent, but let your kids be kids. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.

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