When Stepsiblings Don’t Get Along
Jessica's daughter gets along great with her stepsister who's about the same age, but the older stepsister wants nothing to do with her. And everyone feels the tension. Respond to sibling conflict by helping them resolve the issue, but when one sibling is holding out or mistreating the other coach them toward love. Call them up to decency and generosity and encourage leadership in older siblings. Help them see the opportunity, not the inconvenience, of being a positive influence.
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About the Guest
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Jessica's daughter gets along great with her stepsister who's about the same age, but the older stepsister wants nothing to do with her. And everyone feels the tension. Respond to sibling conflict by helping them resolve the issue, but when one sibling is holding out or mistreating the other coach them toward love. Call them up to decency and generosity and encourage leadership in older siblings. Help them see the opportunity, not the inconvenience, of being a positive influence.
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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
Fight, fight! When new siblings don’t get along.
Ron: Fight, fight! When new siblings don’t get along.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Step and adopted siblings are no more prone to sibling rivalry than biological siblings are, but conflict does happen. You know, Jessica’s daughter gets along great with her stepsister who’s about the same age, but the older stepsister wants nothing to do with her. And everyone in the home feels the tension.
Well, you respond to sibling conflict by helping them resolve the issue, but when one sibling is holding out—or mistreating the other coach them toward love. Call them up to decency and generosity and encourage leadership in older siblings. Help them see the opportunity, not the inconvenience, of being a positive influence. For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.
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