FamilyLife Blended® Minute

Take Off, Put On Gentleness

with Ron Deal | February 20, 2023
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Our boys were young and my wife was giving me parenting feedback. She said, “Ron, you're a great dad. I love it when you discipline our kids but you should see your face. You're intimidating and they feel rejected.” Well, that was hard to hear. But I took it to heart, and added the fruit of gentleness to my discipline. Turns out smiling when saying “no” was far more powerful. But to get there I had to take off harshness and put on gentleness. It's your turn. Add gentleness to who you are today.

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  • Our boys were young and my wife was giving me parenting feedback. She said, “Ron, you're a great dad. I love it when you discipline our kids but you should see your face. You're intimidating and they feel rejected.” Well, that was hard to hear. But I took it to heart, and added the fruit of gentleness to my discipline. Turns out smiling when saying “no” was far more powerful. But to get there I had to take off harshness and put on gentleness. It's your turn. Add gentleness to who you are today.

  • 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, you should see your face.”

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Take Off, Put On Gentleness

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February 20, 2023
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Ron: “Ron, you should see your face.”

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

Ron: Well, that’s what my wife said to me. Our boys were young and she was giving me some parenting feedback one day. She said, “Ron, you’re a great dad. I love it when you discipline our kids but you should see your face. You’re intimidating and they feel rejected by you.”

Well, that was hard to hear. But I took it to heart, and tried to then add the fruit of gentleness to my discipline. Turns out being soft and smiling when saying “no” was far more powerful. But to get there I had to take off harshness and put on gentleness. Okay, it’s your turn. Try adding gentleness to who you are today. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.

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