Stepdad: Move in With Tact
Yo, Dude. Hey, slow down. Have some tact, okay.
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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
Yo, Dude. Hey, slow down. Have some tact, okay.
Ron: Yo, Dude. Hey, slow down. Have some tact, okay.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: We guys—we’re natural fixers. Hey, we get paid to do it all day long. And, boy do we feel good once we’ve conquered the problem. Well, sometimes fixing requires tact and timing.
Imagine a new stepdad who is trying to be accepted and find his place in the home. If he comes in like a bull in a china shop—whew—something fragile is bound to get broken. So, don’t force your way in, right every wrong, or conquer every mountain. Consult with your wife about her kids and work with her. Move in with tact, respect, patience, and lots of prayer. That’s how things get done.
For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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