Marital Conflict in Stepfamilies
For stepfamily couples, one of the things that divides their marriage is parenting their kids.
Show Notes
About the Host
About the Guest
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For stepfamily couples, one of the things that divides their marriage is parenting their 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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For stepfamily couples, one of the things that divides their marriage is parenting their kids.
Ron: For stepfamily couples, one of the things that divides their marriage is parenting their kids.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: All parents have disagreements. But parenting is a real flash point for many stepcouples. Let’s say the stepparent thinks there needs to be more consequences, and the biological parent agrees but wants to go about it differently. The stepparent can feel like an outsider just trying to find their place.
Hey, parenting in stepfamilies is really complex so I can’t give you one simple answer to every scenario but what I can do is to encourage you to get educated. Read online articles and books, go to seminars, start a ministry in your church—find the answers. You and your kids will be glad you did. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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