FamilyLife Blended® Minute

Be Jesus: A Difficult Former Spouse 2

with | June 27, 2019
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We don't talk about the obvious thing that everyone knows about, but no one will address out loud. We think we're keeping peace, but really we're just staying stuck. Like when a child's parent in the other home has an addiction or a behavior issue and you avoid the subject. Hey, speak with respect and compassion for the person, but talk about the issue. Help your kids understand what's going on and give them a godly perspective about what they can do. Awkward? Oh, yeah. But very necessary.

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  • We don't talk about the obvious thing that everyone knows about, but no one will address out loud. We think we're keeping peace, but really we're just staying stuck. Like when a child's parent in the other home has an addiction or a behavior issue and you avoid the subject. Hey, speak with respect and compassion for the person, but talk about the issue. Help your kids understand what's going on and give them a godly perspective about what they can do. Awkward? Oh, yeah. But very necessary.

  • 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 Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.

When no one is talking about the elephant in the room, what you should do is…talk about the elephant in the room.