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Different Level of Investment

with Ron Deal | July 29, 2024
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Do you want to hear something sobering? Kids are not always invested in the success of their parent's remarriage.

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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
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Different Level of Investment

With Ron Deal
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July 29, 2024
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Ron: Do you want to hear something sobering? Kids are not always invested in the success of their parent’s remarriage.

Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.

Ron: Children in biological families are naturally invested in their mom and dad and their happiness, right? But children in blended families are primarily invested in their relationship with their parent, which sometimes is in direct competition to their parent’s marriage. It’s really important that you understand this.

For example, when you’re anniversary rolls around go ahead and celebrate. You should. Guilt-free celebrate. Just don’t expect the kids to join you at least not in the early years. But remember, with time and patience, they just might. I’m Ron Deal.

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