Paralyzed Parents (Proverbs 10)
Proverbs says that a wise child brings joy to his parents, but a foolish child brings grief. So how do you make them wise?
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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
Proverbs says that a wise child brings joy to his parents, but a foolish child brings grief. So how do you make them wise? Show Notes and Resources Find out […]
Ron: Proverbs says that a wise child brings joy to his parents, but a foolish child brings grief. So how do you make them wise?
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Well, there is no one thing that will do it, but one that helps is offering consistent loving boundaries with predictable consequences throughout the life of the child. Now, why wouldn’t a parent do this?
I suppose there are lots of reasons but one that really causes problems is when single parents and parents in stepfamilies become paralyzed by guilt or sympathy. I get it. You feel so bad for all your child has suffered that you just can’t follow through with discipline. But that doesn’t work. It just adds foolishness in their heart. And that, adds grief to your life. Don’t be paralyzed. Follow through. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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