Special Challenges to Overcome
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 instead they tend to idolize that parent which makes bonding for even the most loving, supportive stepparent harder. That's not all. A grieving child sometimes is fearful that someone else may die. Now this isn't to say bonding won't occur just that the stepparent and living parent should temper their expectations and take things in stride.
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About the Guest
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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 instead they tend to idolize that parent which makes bonding for even the most loving, supportive stepparent harder. That's not all. A grieving child sometimes is fearful that someone else may die. Now this isn't to say bonding won't occur just that the stepparent and living parent should temper their expectations and take things in stride.
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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
When you’re parenting a grieving child, you have some special challenges to overcome.
Ron: When you’re parenting a grieving child, you have some special challenges to overcome.
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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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