FamilyLife Blended® Minute

Non-Traditional Is the New Traditional 2

with Ron Deal | February 26, 2019
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Sometimes we hold on to what was, refusing to stay current with what is. Like what we envision when we say the word "family." More than half of the U.S. population is single. Children are increasingly being raised in blended and single parent families. One in six newlywed couples is interethnic. Hey, look, nontraditional is the new traditional. Now, accepting this reality does not mean giving up on God's design for the family. It just helps us reach today's audience with his truth.

  • Show Notes

  • About the Host

  • About the Guest

  • Sometimes we hold on to what was, refusing to stay current with what is. Like what we envision when we say the word "family." More than half of the U.S. population is single. Children are increasingly being raised in blended and single parent families. One in six newlywed couples is interethnic. Hey, look, nontraditional is the new traditional. Now, accepting this reality does not mean giving up on God's design for the family. It just helps us reach today's audience with his truth.

  • 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.

Nontraditional is the new traditional.