Knock It Off
Criticism is hard to carry.
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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
Criticism is hard to carry.
Ron: Criticism is hard to carry.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Odds are you and I have never met. So, just imagine if I walked up to you today and said, “I can’t believe your mom. She is the worst. Someone should call the authorities on her. Clearly, she doesn’t love you. You better watch yourself.”
Now, my guess is you’d be pretty mad at me. But what if it wasn’t me talking about your mom? It was your dad. Or it was your grandma talking about your dad. Or your mom talking about your stepmom. You’d feel it, wouldn’t you? No matter how old you are, you’d feel it. I talk to kids all the time who tell me that’s what their parents say about each other. So, on their behalf, can I just say, “Knock it off.” For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.
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