FamilyLife Blended® Minute

The Dad & Stepdad Alliance

with Ron Deal | February 28, 2019
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Maybe you saw the story about the dad who before walking his daughter down the aisle at her wedding said, "I'll be back," and then went and grabbed the arm of his daughter's stepdad and said, "Come on. You helped raise her, help me walk our daughter down the aisle." Wow. After years of animosity and competition he said "our daughter." Next thing you know, the daughter is crying, the stepdad is crying...everyone is crying. Now that kind of selflessness is how you bless a child and change a nation.

  • Show Notes

  • About the Host

  • About the Guest

  • Maybe you saw the story about the dad who before walking his daughter down the aisle at her wedding said, "I'll be back," and then went and grabbed the arm of his daughter's stepdad and said, "Come on. You helped raise her, help me walk our daughter down the aisle." Wow. After years of animosity and competition he said "our daughter." Next thing you know, the daughter is crying, the stepdad is crying...everyone is crying. Now that kind of selflessness is how you bless a child and change a nation.

  • 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.

What happens when a dad and stepdad team up? Kids win-that’s what happens.