Turning Points–Extraordinary Effort
You don't always know what made the difference…until you look back.
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About the Host
About the Guest
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You don't always know what made the difference…until you look back.
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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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You don’t always know what made the difference…until you look back.
Ron: You don’t always know what made the difference…until you look back.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Adult stepchildren with healthy relationships with their stepparent were asked to look back and talk about the turning points—the things that shifted the relationship in a positive way. One turning point centered on the extraordinary efforts of the stepparent to show kindness to the stepchild. Acts of service that required going out of their way to express love for the child changed the direction of the relationship.
Now here’s the catch: the positive impact on the child and relationship—may not be evident for a long time. An act of kindness may be taken for granted in the moment, but the cumulative power over time becomes a turning point for good. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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