What’s Going on Here?
My five-year-old daughter adored Mike. They had a great connection and things were going well. But of course, the night before the wedding, she says, "I don't want you to marry Mike." I was blindsided. "What's going on here?" I interviewed Kim Anderson and her husband, Mike, for the FamilyLife Blended podcast. Boy did life throw them a curve. It's fairly common for the weight of a new marriage to cause hiccups in kids. Don't panic, just reassure them as you walk through adjustments together.
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My five-year-old daughter adored Mike. They had a great connection and things were going well. But of course, the night before the wedding, she says, "I don't want you to marry Mike." I was blindsided. "What's going on here?" I interviewed Kim Anderson and her husband, Mike, for the FamilyLife Blended podcast. Boy did life throw them a curve. It's fairly common for the weight of a new marriage to cause hiccups in kids. Don't panic, just reassure them as you walk through adjustments together.
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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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Sometimes life throws you a curve.
