Let Kids Be Kids
Kids don't always see it the way we do. Like at the end of a hard day, you want peace and quiet, but they want to play 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 don't keep track of time. They 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. Be a parent and think like a parent, but let your kids be kids.
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Kids don't always see it the way we do. Like at the end of a hard day, you want peace and quiet, but they want to play 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 don't keep track of time. They 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. Be a parent and think like a parent, but let your kids be kids.
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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.
