Two-Step Your Marriage
In any home the marriage relationship is by far the most important earthly relationship. Yet, in blended families, it's often the most vulnerable. So, one key step for stepfamilies is to two-step, your marriage, that is. Making the new marriage a relational priority is critical to family success. So, the marital two-step is about building strength and harmony and letting everyone know the marriage is unbreakable and that the couple is going to lead this home together.
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About the Guest
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In any home the marriage relationship is by far the most important earthly relationship. Yet, in blended families, it's often the most vulnerable. So, one key step for stepfamilies is to two-step, your marriage, that is. Making the new marriage a relational priority is critical to family success. So, the marital two-step is about building strength and harmony and letting everyone know the marriage is unbreakable and that the couple is going to lead this home together.
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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: The two-step is not just a dance in Texas.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: You know, in any home the marriage relationship is by far the most important earthly relationship. Yet, in blended families, it’s often the most vulnerable. So, one key step for stepfamilies is to two-step, your marriage, that is. After all single parents and their kids have been through making the new marriage a relational priority can be tough. But it’s critical to family success. It’s got to become the new backbone for the family.
So, the marital two-step is about building strength and harmony and letting everyone know that the marriage is unbreakable and that the couple is going to lead this home together. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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