When Your Stepdaughter Is the Other Woman
Her social media post was clear. "We are divorcing because he's more committed to his daughter than our marriage." The other woman, so to speak, in this situation was a child. But the impact was the same as an affair. Typically when a parent favors their child over their spouse they are either overly responsible for their child's emotional wellbeing, afraid to trust again, or both. If that's you, love both your spouse and your child, but get your allegiance straight.
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Her social media post was clear. "We are divorcing because he's more committed to his daughter than our marriage." The other woman, so to speak, in this situation was a child. But the impact was the same as an affair. Typically when a parent favors their child over their spouse they are either overly responsible for their child's emotional wellbeing, afraid to trust again, or both. If that's you, love both your spouse and your child, but get your allegiance straight.
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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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What if your stepdaughter is “the other woman”?
