About the Guest
Ron Deal
Ron Deal is Director of FamilyLife Blended®️ for FamilyLife®️ and President of Smart Stepfamilies™️. He is a family ministry consultant and conducts marriage and family seminars around the country; he specializes in marriage education and stepfamily enrichment. He is one of the most widely read authors on stepfamily living in the country.
About the Host
Ron Deal
Ron Deal is Director of FamilyLife Blended®️ for FamilyLife®️ and President of Smart Stepfamilies™️. He is a family ministry consultant and conducts marriage and family seminars around the country; he specializes in marriage education and stepfamily enrichment. He is one of the most widely read authors on stepfamily living in the country.
Episode Transcript
Ron: Healthy co-parenting is hard. So, is it worth all the hard work?
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Maybe you’ve heard of co-parenting. It’s increasingly common these days, and takes place, for example, between ex-spouses or when a single parent and grandparent are working together. When we get it right, there are a lot of benefits.
It reduces loyalty conflicts in children. It decreases resentment between homes, making it emotionally safer for kids to move back and forth. It improves the psychological well-being of children, who don’t become POW’s. It fosters cooperative parenting, which means kids can’t play one home against the other. And it reduces stress in a couple’s relationship, strengthening their marriage. Yeah, I’d say it’s well worth it. For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.
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