Family Communication: Filtered or Unfiltered?
Is your family communication filtered or unfiltered?
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About the Guest
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Is your family communication filtered or unfiltered?
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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
In this digital age we have many communication filtering options. Say your mobile phone rings, but you let it go to voicemail. You listen to the message and reply with a text. That’s filtering. This has pros and cons. For blended families, filtering can h
Family Communication: Filtered or Unfiltered?
Ron: Is your family communication filtered or unfiltered?
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: In this digital age we have a lot of communication filtering options. Say your mobile phone rings, but you don’t want to talk to that person, so you let it go to voicemail. You listen to the message and reply with a text. That’s filtering.
Now, this has pros and cons. For blended families, filtering can be helpful to reduce conflict in strained relationships. But what if new family members don’t stop filtering? They’ll never develop a genuine relationship. Filtering can be helpful in the beginning, but there’s no depth until you actually talk and hang out in person. Now there’s a throwback idea that needs a comeback. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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