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Fathers

Stepfather, What Do Your Kids Need?

Ron Deal· 4 min read

You cannot afford to be a vanishing father to your biological children.

For mom on Mother's Day

Stepmom to Stepmom

Ron Deal· 5 min read

Sharing experiences of Mother’s Day.

Dreading that Six-Week Summer Visitation

Ron Deal· 6 min read

It's common for stepfamily kids to spend weeks at a nonresidential parent’s home during the summer. Here are some tips for managing the challenges.

Parenting

Telling Secrets in the Other Home

Ron Deal· 4 min read

How do you deal with a child who is sharing private information with an ex?

Divorced parents

13 Tips for Divorced Parents

Ron Deal· 6 min read

When you and your ex-spouse fight, it's your children who suffer.

Parenting

Part-time Parenting

Ron Deal· 6 min read

After a divorce, part-time parenting is challenging. Take the risk of acting like a parent and perhaps your children will respect you as one.

Blended family in church

When Your Children’s Other Home Is Lea...

Ron Deal· 4 min read

Children who have one parent not living a Christian life will need "spiritual inoculations" to help deal with an environment that's hostile to their faith.

Holidays

Holiday Power Plays

Ron Deal· 5 min read

How stepfamilies can curb conflict and tension during the Christmas season.

Help children after divorce

9 Ways to Help Children Adjust to Two Homes

Ron Deal· 3 min read

If they work together, divorced parents can help their children adjust to differences between homes.

Loyalty

The Loyalty Tug of War

Ron Deal· 7 min read

Stepchildren often feel caught between their biological parents.

Parenting

Helping Stepchildren Cope with Dual Citizens...

Ron Deal· 4 min read

Divorced parents who fight with each other are trampling on their most prized possession—their children who have to live in both homes

Parenting

Where’s Mom?

Ron Deal· 5 min read

It hurts to watch a child suffer rejection from an uninvolved parent. Or from an inconsistent parent who promises time together and repeatedly breaks the promise.

Dealing with an ex-spouse

The Perplexes of the Exes

Terri Clark· 7 min read

Learning to put away childishness when dealing with a previous spouse.

FamilyLife Today®
Multiple Home Realities Day 4

Co-Parenting: Visitation

April 26, 2012
with Ron Deal

Parenting is difficult enough when it's your own kids, but throw someone else's into the mix and you may have problems.

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FamilyLife Today®
Multiple Home Realities Day 3

The Step-Parent’s Role

April 25, 2012
with Ron Deal

We vowed to love our spouse forever, but the marriage ended in divorce.

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FamilyLife Today®
Multiple Home Realities Day 2

Finding Realistic Expectations

April 24, 2012
with Ron Deal

Marriage and family therapist Ron Deal will tell you how to blend a stepfamily so that it comes out just right!

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FamilyLife Today®
Multiple Home Realities Day 1

The Myth of the Ideal Stepfamily

April 23, 2012
with Ron Deal

Blending two families in remarriage can be a daunting task.

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FamilyLife Today®
Multiple Home Realities Day 3

Advice From One Who’s Been There

March 18, 2009
with Jill Rigby

Single parents can find wise counsel from Jill Rigby, mother of adult twin sons, on such topics as fear and bitterness, what things to be mindful of, and how to deal with a former spouse who is a bad influence on the kids.

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