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FamilyLife Blended®

Ron L. Deal

Yes, You’re Blended, and It’s Okay

November 20, 2018
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Yes, you’re part of a blended family.

 

Sometimes it’s hard to recognize reality when it’s all you know. I meet lots of people who are part of a blended family or stepfamily, but to them, it’s just family. One woman had two stepdads, a stepmom and many stepsibilings, and then married a man who isn’t the father of her child, and she never realized she was part of a blended family. Hey, 62% of couples under 55 have a stepparent or stepchild. You may be one of them. It’s okay. And, yes, you’re part of a blended family.

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About FamilyLife Blended®

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About Ron L. Deal

Ron L. Deal is the Director of blended family ministries at FamilyLife®, and is the author/coauthor of the books The Smart Stepfamily, The Smart Stepdad, The Smart Stepmom, Dating and the Single Parent, and The Remarriage Checkup. Ron voices the FamilyLife Blended short feature and is one of the most widely read authors on stepfamily living in the country. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist who frequently appears in the national media, including FamilyLife Today® and Focus on the Family, and he conducts marriage and family seminars around the country. Ron and his wife, Nan, have been married since 1986 and have three boys.

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