Adult Stepfamilies
FamilyLife Today®
FamilyLife Network
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Adult stepfamilies—when children are adults from the beginning—experience as many transitions as those with young kids. Listen to Ron Deal's conversation with Terry Moss and his family on how they worked through the adjustments in their adult stepfamily.
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| 0:00.0 | So we haven't talked about this too much, but your mom and dad got divorced when you were seven. |
| 0:05.6 | Yep. |
| 0:06.1 | And then your dad was remarried when you were 13. |
| 0:10.0 | What was that like when your dad told you that he was going to get remarried? |
| 0:14.6 | Well, he didn't tell me. |
| 0:16.6 | What? |
| 0:17.6 | Yeah, I just sort of found out. |
| 0:19.1 | I don't ever remember a conversation. |
| 0:20.8 | My mom told me, hey, dad's getting remarried. |
| 0:23.8 | You know, I live with my mom, so I wasn't living with my dad, but I was shocked. |
| 0:29.2 | Did you have any sense of like, this is betrayal or hope that your parents would get together? |
| 0:34.0 | Yeah, I mean, I always thought they're going to get back together. |
| 0:37.0 | It was just my belief, but that announcement, when she told me that, I knew that dream was over. |
| 0:44.2 | Welcome to Family Life Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most. |
| 1:00.2 | I'm Ann Wilson. |
| 1:01.7 | And I'm Dave Wilson, and you can find us at FamilyLifeToday.com or on our Family Life app. |
| 1:07.2 | This is Family Life Today. |
| 1:13.6 | My mom told me, hey, dad's getting remarried. |
| 1:25.8 | I knew that dream was over, and it's going to be a whole new life. |
| 1:30.0 | And I think a lot of families experience that blended families. |
| 1:34.6 | And so today we get to hear a story similar from our Family Life Blended podcast with Ron Deal, |
| 1:40.2 | the president of our Blended Ministry here at Family Life, where he interviews Terry and Carol Moss |
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