Loving Differently
I really respected Mike's honesty. He said, "I just didn't realize how hard it would be to love my stepdaughter the same as my two kids."
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I really respected Mike's honesty. He said, "I just didn't realize how hard it would be to love my stepdaughter the same as my two 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 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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I really respected Mike’s honesty. He said, “I just didn’t realize how hard it would be to love my stepdaughter the same as my two kids.”
Ron: I really respected Mike’s honesty. He said, “I just didn’t realize how hard it would be to love my stepdaughter the same as my two kids.”
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Yes, I really respected Mike’s candor about this. Stepparents like Mike who catch themselves having to work at their affection for their stepchildren, feel really guilty about it. Actually, what I think they are noticing is the difference between the deep natural affection that parents feel toward their biological children and the choosing type of love that grows over time toward adopted kids and stepchildren.
Listen, both are love. One may start on the inside and the other on the outside, but both communicate value and worth to a child. Hey Mike, keep going. You’re doing just fine. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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