The Disengaged Stepparent
Show Notes
About the Guest
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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
Ron, he has nothing to do with them. He has completely shut down toward my kids.
Ron: Ron, he has nothing to do with them. He has completely shut down toward my kids.
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Ron: You’ve heard me say before that I think foster parents and stepparents are heroes because they sacrificially chose to love, provide for, and raise a child not their own, sometimes in difficult circumstances. That’s why it pains me when I hear about a stepparent who is M.I.A. It’s rare, but some refuse to help pay for college, spend one-on-one time with the kids, or in some cases, to even emotionally engage with them at all.
Hey, when you married the parent you married the package. You’re missing a great opportunity here. Bring the gift of you to a child. For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.
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