Tag: children of divorce

Rodney and Lisa Webb share their difficult blended journey, as counselor and therapist Helen Wheeler and blended family expert Ron Deal speak wisdom.

Parenting is difficult, but when you add divorce, the challenge multiplies. Navigating even the most routine parental responsibilities can become difficult. Linda Ranson Jacobs talks to Ron Deal, offering help and hope to parents who may be struggling.

"Ron, what kind of issues come with growing up in a stepfamily?"

Elizabeth Oates reminds us that the family we grew up in marks us, but it doesn't have to define us. Oates and Ron Deal talk about establishing new relational patterns in marriage.

Elizabeth Oates shares how growing up in a single-parent home, and then in a home with a stepfather, shaped her views on dating and marriage.

Elizabeth Oates recalls her troubled childhood marked by abuse and loneliness and tells how that emptiness eventually led her to a deep and abiding relationship with Christ.

Joshua Straub recalls the day when he learned of his parents' separation, and tells how he learned to break those negative patterns in his own family.

Jen Abbas and Elizabeth Marquardt talk about forgiving their parents for the divorces.

Elizabeth and Jen talk about how their parents' divorce has affected them throughout their lives and continues to affect them today.