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Loyalty Tug of War

with Ron Deal | January 19, 2024
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Have you ever been caught in a loyalty tug-of-war?

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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

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Loyalty Tug of War

With Ron Deal
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January 19, 2024
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Ron: Have you ever been caught in a loyalty tug-of-war?

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

Ron: Well, the odds are your kids have. For young and adult children feeling stuck between your parents or between your mom and your stepmom is a pretty common experience. When family members pressure kids to spend more time at one house than the other or they lay guilt trips on them for loving people in the other home, loyalties get divided and kids lose.

What they really need is permission, your permission, to like, love, and value everyone in their life. So instead of a selfish tug-of-war aimed at taking care of your needs drop the rope. Love them and let them love. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.

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