Browsing Your Stepfamily’s Trust Issues: Dr. Darrell Bock
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4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Stepfamily life: It's a rollercoaster. Trying to blend different parenting styles, dealing with trust issues, managing finances—it's enough to make anyone's head spin. Is there any hope for relief? Dr. Darrell Bock offers advice on how to patch up those trust issues, get a handle on your finances, and set yourselves up for a brighter tomorrow.
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| 0:00.0 | The Step-parent never replaces the biological parent even if the biological parent is absent. |
| 0:08.0 | Provided the relationship with a biological parent was present enough to establish itself in the relationship |
| 0:15.3 | of the child. Welcome to Family Life Today where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most. |
| 0:27.0 | I'm Shelby Abbott and your hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson. |
| 0:30.0 | You can find us at Family Life Today. |
| 0:33.0 | This is Family Life Today. |
| 0:36.0 | Here's my question to start our day. |
| 0:45.0 | Okay, here we go. |
| 0:46.0 | What is something a step parent should never do when trying to bond with a stepchild? |
| 0:52.0 | Well, my first thought is, don't take your stepchild on your honeymoon and not tell them |
| 0:58.4 | that it's their honeymoon. |
| 1:01.0 | Because that happened to you. That's what happened to me. |
| 1:04.0 | I was 12, 13 years old. |
| 1:06.0 | We go to Europe with my dad and my new mom. |
| 1:10.0 | Which means you didn't go to the wedding? |
| 1:12.0 | No, I mean there was no wedding that I even knew about. |
| 1:14.8 | And next thing I know we're in Europe, and I'm scared to death |
| 1:18.3 | in a hotel in Italy. |
| 1:20.9 | And I literally go knock on their door because I'm scared and it's like can I come sleep in your room? |
| 1:25.2 | I didn't find out for years. |
| 1:27.2 | This was their honeymoon night. |
| 1:30.8 | So maybe that wasn't a good move. You know my answer would be, this is probably what I would do wrong, is I would want them to love me so much as a step-parent. |
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