About the Guest
Ron Deal
Ron Deal is Director of FamilyLife Blended®️ for FamilyLife®️ and President of Smart Stepfamilies™️. He is a family ministry consultant and conducts marriage and family seminars around the country; he specializes in marriage education and stepfamily enrichment. He is one of the most widely read authors on stepfamily living in the country.
About the Host
Ron Deal
Ron Deal is Director of FamilyLife Blended®️ for FamilyLife®️ and President of Smart Stepfamilies™️. He is a family ministry consultant and conducts marriage and family seminars around the country; he specializes in marriage education and stepfamily enrichment. He is one of the most widely read authors on stepfamily living in the country.
Episode Transcript
Ron: When you’re parenting a grieving child, you have some special challenges to overcome.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: In her book, Stepparenting the Grieving Child, author Diane Fromme says when a child loses a parent they no longer get to witness their parent’s inadequacies and faux pas instead they tend to idolize that parent which makes bonding for even the most loving, supportive stepparent a little harder.
That’s not all. A grieving child sometimes struggles with the fear that someone else may die. That, too, can get in the way of bonding with the stepparent. Now this isn’t to say that bonding won’t occur just that the stepparent and living parent should temper their expectations and take things in stride. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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