Children need healthy relationships with both parents after divorce, which requires good co-parenting. Listen to Ron Deal talk with Dr. Mary Jeppsen about how to minimize conflict and maximize cooperation in order to co-parent well with a former spouse.
Rodney and Lisa Webb share their difficult blended journey, as counselor and therapist Helen Wheeler and blended family expert Ron Deal speak wisdom.
When the world is telling you to blame your ex-spouse and embrace bitterness, you can work on turning your thoughts toward a peaceful working relationship.
God showed His love for us by bringing the outsider in, and that’s how Christians should love the “extended” members of stepfamilies.
Divorced parents should constantly evaluate themselves and ask if their behavior is helping or hurting their children.
One of the most menacing dynamics attacking the health of a stepfamily is a destructive parent in the other home.
Be prepared to face loss as you celebrate the holidays.
When you have a new marriage and blended family, it's important to build a respectful working relationship with your ex.
Your special needs stepfamily can find peace and stability with time and the right tools and perspective.
You cannot afford to be a vanishing father to your biological children.
It's common for stepfamily kids to spend weeks at a nonresidential parent’s home during the summer. Here are some tips for managing the challenges.
Sharing experiences of Mother’s Day.
When you and your ex-spouse fight, it's your children who suffer.
How stepfamilies can curb conflict and tension during the Christmas season.
After a divorce, part-time parenting is challenging. Take the risk of acting like a parent and perhaps your children will respect you as one.
How do you deal with a child who is sharing private information with an ex?
Children who have one parent not living a Christian life will need "spiritual inoculations" to help deal with an environment that's hostile to their faith.
If they work together, divorced parents can help their children adjust to differences between homes.
Stepchildren often feel caught between their biological parents.
Divorced parents who fight with each other are trampling on their most prized possession—their children who have to live in both homes
It hurts to watch a child suffer rejection from an uninvolved parent. Or from an inconsistent parent who promises time together and repeatedly breaks the promise.
Learning to put away childishness when dealing with a previous spouse.
