Stepdad: Lead Through Your Wife
Smart stepdads cast a godly vision for their home, but they recognize initially, they may need to lead through their wife. She has authority with her kids, and she is their source of security not him. He gets this, so he provides in direct leadership. Together, with his wife, they set behavioral expectations and standards for the family, but until her kids respect him she's going to follow through on consequences. A stepdad who humbly serves his family like this is a smart stepdad indeed.
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Smart stepdads cast a godly vision for their home, but they recognize initially, they may need to lead through their wife. She has authority with her kids, and she is their source of security not him. He gets this, so he provides in direct leadership. Together, with his wife, they set behavioral expectations and standards for the family, but until her kids respect him she's going to follow through on consequences. A stepdad who humbly serves his family like this is a smart stepdad indeed.
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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
A good father serves and leads his family, and executes authority in the home. Stepdads can do this, too, but in the beginning it may look a little different.
Ron: A good father serves and leads his family, and executes authority in the home. Stepdads can do this, too, but in the beginning it may look a little different.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Let me tell you about smart stepdads. They cast a godly vision for their home. They take initiative to move the family in that direction, but they recognize that in the beginning, they may need to lead through their wife.
You see, she has authority with her kids. She has their trust and she is their source of security not him. He gets this, so he provides indirect leadership in the home. Together, with his wife, they set behavioral expectations and standards for the family, but until her kids respect him she’s going to be the one following through on consequences. A stepdad who humbly serves his family like this is a smart stepdad indeed. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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