I think most newlywed couples want to have the support of their parents and their family members.

I did talk to one friend the other day and he said, my married kids don't really want to have

anything to do with us. They've just have, they've left and cleft. They're gone.

It's painful. I think it's really helpful. And again, I think a lot of newlyweds probably want to

have regular interactions with mom and dad. It may be, though, that you don't have your parents'

approval for the relationship. What then? Well, we're going to hear from a couple who made some

bad decisions and kind of alienated themselves, but God redeemed, and we're going to hear their story of hope today.

I'm John Fuller, joined by Dr. Greg Smalley and his wife, Aaron, who head up our marriage department here at Focus.

Sean and Lynette Reed were on Focus on the family with Jim Daly. And they shared with Jim on a prior

episode about how they got pregnant before marriage. And today they share how their parents

responded when they broke that rather difficult news to them. Let me ask you this question

because so often, especially parents of 18, 19, 20-year-olds.

You know, you might think as a parent, and maybe your parents thought this too,

what a mistake.

But here you are 25 years later, writing marriage books.

Yeah.

I mean, that's pretty impressive.

Yeah.

So speak to that. Is it, you know, a needle in a haystack, one in a million? How do you feel about what the Lord did for you? And how should we treat young couples that say, okay, we need to get married? Even if it's just to get married, they're not pregnant per se. But all of that, and they're young, according to us. I mean, now we're all as parents, like, I have 25, finish school.

But at 1920, if our kids say, hey, I want to get married, what's the best way for us to

respond is my question?

That's great instead of you're making a mistake.

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