What Not to Do
Have you ever felt clueless as a parent? I have. It's tempting to fall back on criticism, name-calling, yelling, or pleading with the child. Or to be the threatening-repeating parent who says, You better not, or else, but it's just empty threats. These strategies get the job done but long term, they defeat your child's spirit and ruin your authority as a parent--especially as a stepparent. Take time to learn about good parenting and stepparenting. The next generation is depending on you.
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Have you ever felt clueless as a parent? I have. It's tempting to fall back on criticism, name-calling, yelling, or pleading with the child. Or to be the threatening-repeating parent who says, You better not, or else, but it's just empty threats. These strategies get the job done but long term, they defeat your child's spirit and ruin your authority as a parent--especially as a stepparent. Take time to learn about good parenting and stepparenting. The next generation is depending on you.
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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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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
Learning to be a good parent, in part, means knowing what not to do.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Have you ever felt clueless as a parent? I know I have. It’s really tempting in those moments to fall back on criticism or name-calling, yelling, or pleading with the child. Oh, and then there’s the threatening-repeating parent who keeps saying, “You better not, or else…”, but there’s never an “or else” just empty threats.
Here’s the thing. All of these strategies seem to get the job done but long term, they just defeat your child’s spirit and they ruin your authority as a parent—especially as a stepparent. So, take some time to learn about good parenting and stepparenting. The next generation is depending on you. For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.
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