FamilyLife Blended® Minute

What’s Your Role?

with Ron Deal | November 5, 2019
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Whether you're married and raising your kids together, or you have a co-parent who lives in the other home, or maybe there's a stepparent who lives with you; I'm wondering, are you a defender--speaking up for one side or the other or an interpreter who tries to translate and bridge the gap between the other two. You can play either one of these roles some of the time but don't get stuck in them all of the time. And, as much as you can, stand with your spouse. Be united.

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  • Whether you're married and raising your kids together, or you have a co-parent who lives in the other home, or maybe there's a stepparent who lives with you; I'm wondering, are you a defender--speaking up for one side or the other or an interpreter who tries to translate and bridge the gap between the other two. You can play either one of these roles some of the time but don't get stuck in them all of the time. And, as much as you can, stand with your spouse. Be united.

  • 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.

Parents, what’s your role when it comes to your kids and the other parent?