Dating: Myth #3–Marriage Repairs Your Home
A new marriage does not restore the original family, it forms a different family. It doesn't give back to your kids a missing parent; it gives them a stepparent and a parenting team that is very different than the biological family system they were born into. Don't get me wrong, a stepfamily may work well for your kids but don't decide to marry based on a myth. Blended families are not repaired first families; they are different families with their own dynamics, challenges, and rewards.
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About the Guest
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A new marriage does not restore the original family, it forms a different family. It doesn't give back to your kids a missing parent; it gives them a stepparent and a parenting team that is very different than the biological family system they were born into. Don't get me wrong, a stepfamily may work well for your kids but don't decide to marry based on a myth. Blended families are not repaired first families; they are different families with their own dynamics, challenges, and rewards.
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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
If you’re a single parent or dating one, here’s a dating myth to avoid.
Ron: If you’re a single parent or dating one, here’s a dating myth to avoid.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: When death or divorce dissolves your home, you’d like to bring back what was lost. Of course, you want to restore your family but here’s the deal. A new marriage does not restore the original family, it forms a different family.
For example, it doesn’t give back to your kids a missing parent; it gives them a “stepparent” and a parenting team that is very different than the biological family system they were born into. Don’t get me wrong, a stepfamily may work well for your kids but don’t decide to marry based on a myth. Blended families are not “repaired” first families; they are different families with their own dynamics, challenges, and rewards. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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