Staying Connected
Have you ever had a friend disappear because they fell in love? It's not fun is it? What if you were the one doing the hiding? Technology allows us to run off and hide from those we love. One spouse disappears into Facebook while the other one checks work e-mail yet again before bed. Friends go to dinner but text other people while they sit there. Single parents Facetime a new dating partner while their children wait off camera. Let's get disciplined. Unhook. Don't play hide and seek. Get found.
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Have you ever had a friend disappear because they fell in love? It's not fun is it? What if you were the one doing the hiding? Technology allows us to run off and hide from those we love. One spouse disappears into Facebook while the other one checks work e-mail yet again before bed. Friends go to dinner but text other people while they sit there. Single parents Facetime a new dating partner while their children wait off camera. Let's get disciplined. Unhook. Don't play hide and seek. Get found.
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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
The game “Hide and Seek” was fun as a kid; not so much as an adult.
Ron: The game “Hide and Seek” was fun as a kid; not so much as an adult.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Have you ever had a friend just disappear on you because they fell in love? They went bonkers over some new person and you became an afterthought. It’s not very fun is it? What if you were the one doing the hiding?
Technology today allows us to run off in an instant and hide from those we love. One spouse disappears into Facebook while the other one checks work e-mail one more time before bed. Friends go to dinner but text other people while they are sitting there. Single parents Facetime a new dating partner while their children wait off camera. Let’s get disciplined, folks. Unhook. Detach. Don’t play hide and seek. Get found. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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