PLAY!
Playing together as a family lightens the mood, puts a smile on everyone's face, and creates memories. For stepfamilies the added bonus is it bonds you together. Playing games and having a little fun competition helps to break down walls and connect you. You can read a book together. Learn to play an instrument. Or go on a family hike. Sure there are going to be times when not everyone wants to engage in every activity so find what they do like and take it one day at a time.
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About the Guest
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Playing together as a family lightens the mood, puts a smile on everyone's face, and creates memories. For stepfamilies the added bonus is it bonds you together. Playing games and having a little fun competition helps to break down walls and connect you. You can read a book together. Learn to play an instrument. Or go on a family hike. Sure there are going to be times when not everyone wants to engage in every activity so find what they do like and take it one day at a time.
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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
Here’s a not so secret quality of strong families. They have fun together.
Ron: Here’s a not-so-secret quality of strong families. They have fun together.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Like I said, it’s not a big secret but it’s worth talking about. Playing together as a family lightens the mood, puts a smile on everyone’s face, and it creates memories. For stepfamilies there’s the bonus impact. It bonds you together. Playing games and having a little fun competition helps to break down walls and connect you.
You know there are a lot of ways of doing this. You can read a book together. Learn to play an instrument. Or go on a family hike. Sure there’s going to be time when not everyone wants to engage in every activity so find what they do like and take it one day at a time. As much as you can get out there and play! For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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