A Face Hard to Love
Have you ever heard the phrase now that's a face only a parent could love?
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About the Guest
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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
Have you ever heard the phrase now that’s a face only a parent could love?
Ron: Have you ever heard the phrase, now that’s a face only a parent could love?
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Well, what if you are the stepparent and you can’t love that face very easily? No, I’m not talking about their actual face. I’m talking about a stepchild with a big attitude problem, where they lie to you. Or they are 28 years old, lazy, and eating all your food. Hey, I’m just trying to be honest. Some kids are harder to love than others. So, what do you do?
First, pray about it. Pray about them. No, on second thought pray for them and pray for God’s strength to love them. Then find one interest that you share in common and build on it. It may not feel like much but it is a start. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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