Supporting Stepcouples: What Everyone Can Do
Encouragement is important. Help value the couple's relationship and honor their vows. Kids: treat your parent's marriage with respect and find a place for it in your heart. Even if you're conflicted about it at times, treat them the way you would want to be treated. Church: serve stepcouples by providing practical premarital counseling and stepfamily education after the wedding. And couples: serve your own marriage and children by praying together frequently for wisdom to live up to your vows.
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Encouragement is important. Help value the couple's relationship and honor their vows. Kids: treat your parent's marriage with respect and find a place for it in your heart. Even if you're conflicted about it at times, treat them the way you would want to be treated. Church: serve stepcouples by providing practical premarital counseling and stepfamily education after the wedding. And couples: serve your own marriage and children by praying together frequently for wisdom to live up to your vows.
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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
When it comes to supporting couples in stepfamilies, everyone can play a part.
Ron: When it comes to supporting couples in stepfamilies, everyone can play a part.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Yes, a circle of encouragement. It really helps. If you’re a friend or family member value the couple’s relationship and honor their vows. Speak well about them and to them. Kids: treat your parent’s marriage with respect and find a place for it in your heart. Even if you’re a bit conflicted about it at times, treat them the way you would want to be treated.
Church: serve stepcouples by providing practical premarital counseling and stepfamily education after the wedding. And couples: serve your own marriage and children by praying together frequently for the wisdom to live up to your vows. For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.
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