Turning Points–Quality Time
Time is a commodity that pays significant dividends.
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About the Host
About the Guest
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Time is a commodity that pays significant dividends.
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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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Time is a commodity that pays significant dividends.
Ron: Time is a commodity that pays significant dividends.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: When researchers asked adult stepchildren to look back and describe how things got better with their stepparent one of the things they discovered is that—like with all relationships—an investment of quality time was a turning point. Time doing things that they both like to do. Spending leisure time together; talking about life; doing activities side-by-side all made a difference in their relationship.
Now here’s the catch: quality time is rare in the early years of a stepfamily because conflict tends to be high. But don’t give up trying because when you find it, it’s a turning point for good. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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