Encourage Connection to the Other Parent
Sometimes co-parents are tempted to dampen a child's relationship with the other parent. Listen, it is every parent's responsibility to encourage their child to keep in contact. Not just visit, but have a strong relationship. Alienators will take advantage and say, “They don't want to go to their mom's house, so I don't make them.” No. That's not right. We don't let a child's hesitation keep them from things. So, unless there is abuse, encourage the relationship and celebrate the other parent.
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Sometimes co-parents are tempted to dampen a child's relationship with the other parent. Listen, it is every parent's responsibility to encourage their child to keep in contact. Not just visit, but have a strong relationship. Alienators will take advantage and say, “They don't want to go to their mom's house, so I don't make them.” No. That's not right. We don't let a child's hesitation keep them from things. So, unless there is abuse, encourage the relationship and celebrate the other parent.
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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 ...more
Ron: Don’t fracture a child’s heart. Put it together and let love flow freely.
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Ron: Sometimes co-parents are tempted to dampen a child’s relationship with the other parent. But listen, it is every parent’s responsibility to encourage their child—of every age—to keep in contact with the other home. Not just visit, but have a strong relationship—even if the child hesitates some. Alienators will take advantage of this and say, “Well, they just don’t want to go to their mom’s house, so I don’t make them.”
No. That’s not right. We don’t let a child’s hesitation keep them from a lot of things. So, unless there is abuse, encourage their relationship and celebrate the other parent. For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.
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