Heartline Podcast • Episode 22 • Ron Deal
Fifty percent of children in the United States will have a stepparent at some point in their lifetime; 14 million of those will be stepmoms. Ninety percent of children in stepfamilies live with a stepdad. Yet despite these startling truths, most people can’t name one book, workshop, or program dedicated to helping stepdads or stepmom’s raise their step-children - enter my guest today, Ron Deal.
Ron is Founder and President of --As For Me And My House Ministries and provides marriage and family training and family ministry consultation to church leaders (for more information visit www.RonDeal.org).
Ron is author of the Stepfamily Resource Library including the Amazon.com bestselling books The Smart Stepmom, coauthored with Laura Petherbridge, The Remarriage Checkup: coauthored with Dr. David Olson, and The Smart Stepdad. A recognized expert in marriage and blended families, Ron is a member of the Stepfamily Expert Council for the National Stepfamily Resource Center. He’s a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with nearly 25 years experience in local church ministry and family ministry consulting.
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