Stepparenting: Express Your Desire
Has anyone ever said to you, "You know, I'm just getting to know you, but I really appreciate you. I'd like to get to know you a little bit better"?
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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
Has anyone ever said to you, “You know, I’m just getting to know you, but I really appreciate you. I’d like to get to know you a little bit better”?
Ron: Has anyone ever said to you, “You know, I’m just getting to know you, but I really appreciate you. I’d like to get to know you a little bit better”?
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: A few times in my life, I’ve had someone essentially say those very words to me. And I don’t know about you, but it makes me feel kind of good inside. And it opens me up to getting to know the other person. It encourages connection.
Foster parents and stepparents can express this very same sentiment to a child. Kids, just like adults, like hearing that they are valued and that you want to get to know them. And feeling appreciated? That opens their heart to you. Now be prepared. Kids may not be instantly open toward you. But that’s okay. One of you has to step out in courage and build a bridge; it might as well be you.
For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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