Strengthening Stepfamilies
FamilyLife Blended® provides biblically-based resources that help prevent re-divorce, strengthen stepfamilies, and help break the generational cycle of divorce.
We’ll equip you with practical tools to navigate the unique challenges of a blended family.
Helping you grow a godly home one relationship at a time
Learn how to communicate with grace, resolve conflict with compassion, and create a blended family culture where faith and love can thrive.
Read
Looking for practical advice and heartfelt encouragement? Dive into our most-read articles below to find biblical wisdom for your blended family’s unique journey.
Recommended Articles
Gayla Grace
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This day doesn’t have to be difficult for stepmoms. Celebrate Mother’s Day by making memories that leave you feeling blessed.
Gayla Grace
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A mixed bag of emotions comes with being a stepmom on Mother’s Day. A day set aside to honor moms, where does that leave a stepmom?
Ron Deal
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The simple events of everyday life can create hurt feelings and anger that send blended families down the road to isolation.
Watch
Want to dig deeper? Our videos offer a mix of inspiring stories and practical advice to help you build a stronger, more Christ-centered family.
Recommended Videos
A Blended Family Story
This video was created with your church and community in mind to inspire conversations and open doors for blended family ministry. We hope you’ll share it to begin those discussions where you are!
159: The 3-Step Guide to Navigating Hard Feelings in Your Blended Family
Is it okay to admit when we feel hurt, rejected, lonely, jealous, mad or experience other hard feelings in our blended family? What do we do with those feelings so we don’t allow them to control us?
Women & Blended Families: Managing Our Expectations
The month of May creates expectations for moms and stepmoms that can result in disappointment. Even if we’ve settled the issue of how to manage Mother’s Day (which is a delicate subject for stepmoms), May includes other stressors, such as the end of school, the negotiation of new schedules, and the uncertainty of summer.
Listen
FamilyLife Blended® Podcast provides timeless wisdom and practical help and hope for blended families and those who love them. Join Ron L. Deal , LMFT, LPC, as he and his guests discuss a wide variety of marriage, family, and relationship topics related to blended families.
Recommended Audio
188: Growing up Blended: Micah Scharchburg
Grew up in a blended family? New houses, new rules, new “normal” every few years. Ron Deal talks with Barna’s Micah Scharchburg about growing up in chaos—and how to parent without passing the past onto your kids.
FamilyLife Blended Minute
FamilyLife Blended Minute with host Ron Deal is a 60-second radio program that provides timeless wisdom and practical help and hope for blended families and those who love them.
Drop It & Let It Go
Sometimes, the best way to avoid a conflict is to just drop it.
Unity & Good Parenting
His kids have a TV in the bedroom and hers don’t. Now they’re a family…so now what?
Co-Parenting: Spy Kids
Never ask your child to become a spy kid.
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