Middle-man
I think all parents can learn from Sophia. "There's no doubt," she said, "my brother and I were the middle-men in my parent's communication. They'd communicate through us and I'd have to filter the message to keep somebody from getting mad." I want to be fair. These parents probably thought that by communicating through their child they kept their tension at a minimum. But all they did was transfer their tension to their child. Look, keep your problems, your problems. Share love, not tension.
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I think all parents can learn from Sophia. "There's no doubt," she said, "my brother and I were the middle-men in my parent's communication. They'd communicate through us and I'd have to filter the message to keep somebody from getting mad." I want to be fair. These parents probably thought that by communicating through their child they kept their tension at a minimum. But all they did was transfer their tension to their child. Look, keep your problems, your problems. Share love, not tension.
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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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