The intersection of marriage and parenting often creates tension for stepcouples that leads to disagreements and, as a result, slows down relationship building.

Listen to Ron Deal and Gayla Grace give valuable input on how to become a parenting team and strengthen your marriage in the process as you cope with common stepfamily dynamics such as: different parenting styles, co-parenting struggles, rejection from stepchildren, stepparent ambiguity, fear of failure, a paralyzed biological parent, a stepparent who oversteps their place, guilt from the past and fear to parent well because of what the children have already walked through, and other challenging dynamics.

Show Notes and Resources
Register for this year's Summit on Stepfamily Ministry!
Watch Women & Blended Families
Watch: No Threat video
Check out Stepparenting with Grace and Building Love Together.
The Smart Stepfamily on RightNow Media 

The intersection of marriage and parenting often creates tension for stepcouples that leads to disagreements and, as a result, slows down relationship building.
Listen to Ron Deal and Gayla Grace give valuable input on how to become a parenting team and strengthen your marriage in the process as you cope with common stepfamily dynamics such as: different parenting styles, co-parenting struggles, rejection from stepchildren, stepparent ambiguity, fear of failure, a paralyzed biological parent, a stepparent who oversteps their place, guilt from the past and fear to parent well because of what the children have already walked through, and other challenging dynamics.
Show Notes and Resources
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.summitonstepfamilies.com/">Register for this year's Summit on Stepfamily Ministry!</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@FamilyLifeBlended/streams">Watch Women &amp; Blended Families</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G41JUe6sxeE">Watch: No Threat video</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://shop.familylife.com/product-category/marriage/blended-family/?_gl=1%2Ac8dhof%2A_gcl_au%2AMTE2NDAwODQ4Ni4xNzIwNDcyODEz%2A_ga%2AMjAyMDEwMTY0Ny4xNjg4NTc3OTA4%2A_ga_85G8JM3S5D%2AMTcyMTc1OTQyNS4zMTAuMS4xNzIxNzU5NTY5LjIwLjAuMTgzODY2Nzc3Mw..&amp;_ga=2.137610739.2141938662.1721759425-2020101647.1688577908">Check out Stepparenting with Grace and Building Love Together.</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.familylife.com/content_offer/the-smart-stepfamily/" data-wplink-url-error="true">The Smart Stepfamily on RightNow Media </a></li>
</ul>

FamilyLife Blended® provides timeless wisdom and practical help and hope for blended families and those who love them. Join Ron L. Deal, LMFT, LPC as he and his guests discuss a wide variety of marriage, family, and relationship topics related to blended families.

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The intersection of marriage & parenting often creates tension for stepcouples. Listen to Ron Deal & Gayla Grace give input on how to become a parenting team as you face guilt, fear, ambiguity, different parenting styles, co-parent struggles, and more.

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