Stuff Everyone Can Do
Family Pastor and stepdad Dave Bondeson shared with me some ideas to help blended families that everyone can do. He said, “First pay attention to your language.” When you’re writing an email to a group of parents be more inclusive. Instead of starting with “Hey Moms and Dads” say, “Parents and Stepparents.” And second, encourage kids and parents to be more inclusive of each other. When you encourage togetherness, you help build a family.
About the Host
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.