Helping the Irresponsible Become Responsible
This is a tough one and it depends on who we're talking about. One way parents can help an irresponsible or unmotivated child is to change the child's environment; the boundaries and consequences that you set. But if it is an irresponsible co-parent you have a bigger problem because you don't control their environment. What you can do is manage yourself. Don't repay evil for evil. Keep your obligations. In other words, instead of trying to change them change yourself to be more like Christ.
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This is a tough one and it depends on who we're talking about. One way parents can help an irresponsible or unmotivated child is to change the child's environment; the boundaries and consequences that you set. But if it is an irresponsible co-parent you have a bigger problem because you don't control their environment. What you can do is manage yourself. Don't repay evil for evil. Keep your obligations. In other words, instead of trying to change them change yourself to be more like Christ.
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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 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.
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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
All right, here’s a hard one. How do you help an irresponsible person to become responsible?
