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Stepparenting: A Rose By Any Other Name

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"Ron, I've been a stepparent for fifteen years now. When is it going to happen?"

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  • "Ron, I've been a stepparent for fifteen years now. When is it going to happen?"

  • 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.

“Ron, I’ve been a stepparent for fifteen years now. When is it going to happen?”

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Stepparenting: A Rose By Any Other Name

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Ron: “Ron, I’ve been a stepparent for fifteen years now. When is it going to happen?”

Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.

Ron: You know, stepparents say, “my kids,” when referring to their stepchildren so they wonder sometimes why kids struggle to use the term, “mom” or “dad” when referring to them. By the way, only one third of children will ever use that term for their stepparent.

Look, kids are loyal to their parents. They don’t want to hurt their feelings. Reserving the “mom” or “dad” label for just one person keeps it special. Listen, stepparents, just relax about this. Labels are not the issue. Your role in the life of each child is. And that rose, by any other name, does smell just as sweet. For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.

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