Being a Smart Stepmom, Part 1
Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk
Dr. James Dobson
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🗓️ 24 March 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello, everyone. I'm James Dobson, and you're listening to Family Talk, a listener-supported ministry. |
| 0:06.5 | In fact, thank you so much for being part of that support for James Dobson Family Institute. |
| 0:19.1 | Well, welcome to Family Talk, the broadcast division of the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute. |
| 0:24.9 | I'm Roger Marsh, and today we're addressing the complex dynamics of step-parenting using a classic |
| 0:31.2 | family talk broadcast featuring our own Dr. James Dobson and his guest Laura Petherbridge, author of the book The Smart Stepmom. |
| 0:39.5 | With divorce and remarriage increasingly common, many families face the challenges of blending households. |
| 0:45.6 | As Laura will share from her unique perspective, this journey is often much more difficult than expected, |
| 0:50.9 | and I can speak from experience on that too. |
| 0:53.3 | Laura brings exceptional insight to |
| 0:55.1 | this conversation. Not only has she been a stepmom for several decades, but she also experienced |
| 1:00.1 | life with two different stepmothers growing up. She's an international speaker, the author of four |
| 1:05.7 | books, including When I Do, becomes I Don't, and a featured expert on the Divorce Care DVD series used by |
| 1:12.4 | thousands of churches worldwide. On today's Family Talk broadcast, Laura will unpack several |
| 1:18.0 | critical aspects of step parenting, why children often resist accepting a new parental figure, |
| 1:23.6 | how unrealistic expectations can set families up for disappointment and why the often used term |
| 1:29.4 | blended family might actually be a bit misleading. Whether you're a stepmom yourself, considering |
| 1:35.5 | remarriage, or simply want to better understand the issues facing step families today, the conversation |
| 1:41.0 | you're about to hear will offer valuable wisdom and compassion. |
| 1:45.0 | Here now is Dr. James Dobson to introduce this enlightening discussion here on Family Talk. |
| 1:54.0 | My heart goes out to stepmoms, and we're going to be talking about some of the reasons why. And we're going to do that with |
| 2:03.1 | the help of Laura Petherbridge, who's with us. She's a national speaker on this subject and a featured |
| 2:09.6 | expert on the Divorce Care DVD series, which is used by more than 12,000 churches around the world. |
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