The Parental Unity Rules Part 1
Parenting was meant to be a team sport. Here is the first rule to maintaining your parental unity. Be proactive. Don't wait until problems occur to discuss your expectations, punishment, and how you'll build character in your kids. That sounds like a no-brainer, but about half of stepfamily couples are parenting on the fly never discussing their parenting strategies. You have to work hard to get on the same parenting page and it's important that you do. United you stand, but divided they fall.
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Parenting was meant to be a team sport. Here is the first rule to maintaining your parental unity. Be proactive. Don't wait until problems occur to discuss your expectations, punishment, and how you'll build character in your kids. That sounds like a no-brainer, but about half of stepfamily couples are parenting on the fly never discussing their parenting strategies. You have to work hard to get on the same parenting page and it's important that you do. United you stand, but divided they fall.
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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
Your strength in parenting comes in part from your unity as a team.
