Becoming Friends With Your In-Laws (Part 1 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Gary Chapman offers seven principles that will radically transform your relationship with your in-laws. By learning and practicing these basic communication skills, you will build and strengthen the connection you have with your spouse’s parents and siblings. It’s not an overnight process, but a journey that will revive and improve any relationship. (Part 1 of 2)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, on Monday, listen to my podcast, ReFocus with Jim Daily. |
| 0:04.4 | Check out my latest episode on engaging the culture with Seth Dylan, the CEO of the Babel |
| 0:09.3 | on B, a popular conservative website. |
| 0:11.9 | To learn more, visit ReFocus with JimDaily.com. |
| 0:16.4 | Dr. Chapman, what's one thing someone can do today to start working toward a better relationship |
| 0:21.9 | with their in-laws? |
| 0:24.8 | Whoa! |
| 0:31.7 | It's a big, that's such a general question, but it's a good one. |
| 0:35.6 | I would say ask questions rather than make comments, that is ask your in-laws questions about |
| 0:43.0 | their history, their childhood, their marriage, the parenting season of their life, |
| 0:49.6 | get to know as much as you can about your in-laws. |
| 0:53.0 | Well some good advice from Dr. Gary Chapman, it is possible to get along with and enjoy your |
| 0:58.8 | in-laws. We'll tell you how on today's focus on the family, with Focus President and author Jim |
| 1:04.3 | Daily. John, I'm not starting with an in-law joke. I mean so many people, okay, what's the best |
| 1:09.1 | in-law joke you've got? That kind of points to the problem. There's a real stereotype, isn't there? |
| 1:14.0 | There is, and we want to talk today about how you, as a Christian, build up that relationship with |
| 1:20.8 | your in-laws. It's so easy to tear down and we make fun of it, but we want to give you some |
| 1:26.8 | practical advice today, things you can put into action to make that relationship, which by the way |
| 1:32.7 | is a very important relationship in your life, make it healthier and better, and to do that, |
| 1:38.3 | we're going to talk with Dr. Gary Chapman. Yeah, you heard just a little bit of his wisdom |
| 1:42.9 | right there, and we've got a whole program for you with Dr. Chapman. He's perhaps best known for |
| 1:48.2 | his book, The Five Love Languages. Jim, that's one of the books I always recommend to younger couples, |
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